name
Mpok
EM-pok
ˈɛmpɔkListen
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Syllable breakdown
Empok
Name meaning and origin
- Origin
- Betawi (Indonesia/Jakarta)
- Meaning
- a Betawi title and informal feminine name meaning elder sister or respected older woman; in the dialect and culture of the Betawi people — the indigenous inhabitants of Jakarta and its surrounding lowlands, formed from a centuries-long creolisation of Malay, Sundanese, Javanese, Balinese, Portuguese, Dutch, and Chinese settler communities — Mpok is used as an affectionate address for older women and has become so emblematic of Betawi female identity that it functions as a given name or nickname; it evokes warmth, community authority, and the matriarchal strength of the Betawi urban neighbourhood
- Gender
- female
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