pembuahan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixation of buah (“fruit”) +‎ peng- -an, calque of Dutch bevruchting (“fertilization; insemination”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pəm.buˈa.han/
• Hyphenation: pêm‧bu‧a‧han

Noun

pembuahan (plural pembuahan-pembuahan)

1. fertilization:
   1. the act or process of rendering fertile
   2. the act of fecundating or impregnating the gametes of animals, plants, etc.; including the process by which in flowers the pollen renders the ovule fertile, an analogous process in flowerless plants, or the joining of sperm and egg in animals.

Synonyms

• fertilisasi
• penghamilan
• ڤرسڽاواءن (persenyawaan) (Standard Malay)

Further reading

• “pembuahan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.