pemuliaan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed mulia +‎ peng- -an, inherited from Malay pemuliaan (“ennomblement”). The sense of breeding is a calque of Dutch veredeling (“breeding”, literally “ennomblement”).[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /pəmuˈlia̯an/
  • Rhymes: -an, -n
  • Hyphenation: pê‧mu‧lia‧an

Noun

pêmuliaan (first-person possessive pemuliaanku, second-person possessive pemuliaanmu, third-person possessive pemuliaannya)

  1. ennoblement
  2. (biology, botany, zoology) breeding.
    Synonyms: pembiakan, pemuliaan, penangkaran
    Synonym: pembiakbakaan (Standard Malay)

References
  1. Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd‎, Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, →OCLC

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