In Reply to: wanita_cantik posted by party on Tuesday, 7. October 2008 at 14:11 Bali Time:
"wanita" is a term for woman, not girl. One also wouldn't use "wanita" referring to a specific woman...it is more a commonly used to assign gender like "female" as in the sign on the loos. The more polite term for woman is "perempuan". To refer to a girl the word "anak" is put in front of "perempuan".