Njai
Dutch-Indonesian housekeepers, companions, and concubines / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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The njai ([ɲai]; Enhanced Indonesian Spelling System: nyai) were women who were kept as housekeepers, companions, and concubines in the Dutch East Indies (modern-day Indonesia). In the Javanese language, the word nyai meant "sister",[2] but the term later took a more specific meaning.[3][4] Author Rob Nieuwenhuys described the position of the njai as always subservient, being the white man's housekeeper and companion, before she was his concubine.[5]