Keponakan meaning in English

keponakan means nephew / niece in Indonesian. Pronounced keh-poh-NAH-kahn.

Hear keponakan

Example sentence

Keponakan saya baru lahir.
My niece was just born.

How keponakan is used

Indonesian doesn't distinguish between nephew and niece, same word for both.

keponakan in real dialogue

These lines show how the word is used naturally inside complete Indonesian conversations:

• Anak kecil itu keponakan kamu?
  Is that little child your niece?
  From Siapa Ini di Foto? B1

Related family words

• ibu, mother
• ayah, father
• bapak, father
• anak, child
• adik, younger sibling
• kakak, older sibling

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