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.

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