lembaga

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lembaga, from Classical Malay lembaga (“shape”), from Sanskrit [Term?]. Coined by Komisi Istilah in 1954 to translate Dutch instituut. Semantic loan from English embryo for “rudimentary plant” sense.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ləmˈbaɡa]
  • Hyphenation: lêm‧ba‧ga

Noun

lêmbaga (plural lembaga-lembaga)

  1. institution; institute
    Synonyms: pranata, badan
  2. embryo,
    1. the beginning; the first stage of anything
    2. (botany) a rudimentary plant contained in the seed

Affixed terms

  • berlembaga
  • dilembaga
  • dilembagakan
  • kelembagaan
  • melembaga
  • melembagakan
  • pelembagaan
  • perlembagaan

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