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”).

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)

Further reading

• “pemuliaan” 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.