nyonia

Updated: July 3, 2025

Nor did he entirely deceive himself, since he was subsequently informed by Usoof that the "boy" of a Nyonia, or what in Singapore is called a "mem," told him that his lady had instructed him to discover whether X. had many more of those silk sarongs for sale.

Arthur Louis Keyser - From Jungle to Java: The Trivial Impressions of a Short Excursion to Netherlands India