betina

cognate with Malay betina

• IPA^(key): /bə.ti.na/

betina

1. (of animals) female

• jantan

• bini-bini or perempuan

From Malay betina, from Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ina.

betina, bētina

1. female (belonging to the sex with larger, fertilizable gametes (for animals))
2. womanly

• perempuan (of humans)

• jantan (of animals and plants)
• laki-laki (of humans)

From Proto-Malayic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ina (compare Fijian tina).

• IPA^(key): /bətinə/
• Rhymes: -inə, -nə, -ə
• Rhymes: -a

betina (Jawi spelling بتينا)

1. female (belonging to the sex with larger, fertilizable gametes (of animals and plants))

• In most dialects, the word tends to be derogatory in nature when applied in the human sense, akin to addressing someone with the word bitch. But in Ketapang Malay it's have neutral sense.

• perempuan (of humans)

• jantan (of animals and plants)
• lelaki (of humans)

• Indonesian: betina