Betawi

• Batavian

Borrowed from Indonesian Betawi. Doublet of Batavia and Passau.

Betawi (plural Betawis or Betawi)

1. A member of an Indonesian ethnic group consisting of the descendants of the people living around Batavia (Jakarta) from around the 17th century.
   • 2014, Jacqueline Knörr, Creole Identity in Postcolonial Indonesia, page 177:

     While he is now revered as a local and national hero of the Betawi, according to older legends he was in fact a Sundanese who came to Batavia from Cirebon.

• Note: these translations are for the plural.

Betawi

1. The Betawi language, a native language spoken by the Betawi people.

• Betawi on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Betawi people on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Betawi language on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Ethnologue entry for Betawi, bew ⁠

• bawtie

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦠꦮꦶ (Batawi), from Dutch Batavia, from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō.

• IPA^(key): /bə.ta.ˈwi/
• Hyphenation: be‧ta‧wi

Betawi

1. (geographically) Batavia (now Jakarta and its surrounding cities).
2. (ethnologically) The ethnic group native to Jakarta (formerly known as Batavia), and some part of West Java and Banten.
3. (linguistically) The native language spoken by Betawi people.
   1. (Betawi Kota) The Malay-influenced dialect in Betawi language spoken by sub-group of Betawi ethnic.
   2. (Betawi Ora) The Javanese-influenced dialect in Betawi language spoken by sub-group of Betawi ethnic.
   3. (Betawi Udik) The Sundanese-influenced dialect in Betawi language spoken by sub-group of Betawi ethnic.

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦠꦮꦶ (Batawi), from Dutch Batavia, from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō.

• IPA^(key): /bətawi/
• Hyphenation: Bê‧ta‧wi

Bêtawi

1. (ethnologically) The ethnic group native to Jakarta (formerly known as Batavia), and some part of West Java and Banten.
2. (linguistically) The native language spoken by Betawi people.
   1. (Betawi Melayu) The Malay-influenced dialect in Betawi language spoken by sub-group of Betawi ethnic.
   2. (Betawi Ora) The Javanese-influenced dialect in Betawi language spoken by sub-group of Betawi ethnic.
   3. (Betawi Udik) The Sundanese-influenced dialect in Betawi language spoken by sub-group of Betawi ethnic.

• → English: Betawi

• Betawi on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
• Orang Betawi on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
• Bahasa Betawi on the Indonesian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^id
• “Betawi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
• Ethnologue entry for Betawi, bew ⁠

Betawi

1. Romanization of ꦧꦼꦠꦮꦶ

Borrowed from Javanese ꦧꦠꦮꦶ (Batawi), from Dutch Batavia, from Latin Batavia, from Proto-Germanic *Batawjō.

Betawi

1. Batavia

   Sekarang majoor Khouw Kim An djadi lid Volksraad djoega dan ia bitjara tentang autodienst antara Betawi Tangerang.^[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)