pembiakan

Indonesian

Etymology

biak +‎ peng- -an.

Noun

pembiakan (plural pembiakan-pembiakan, first-person possessive pembiakanku, second-person possessive pembiakanmu, third-person possessive pembiakannya)

1. breeding

   Synonyms: pembiakan, pemuliaan, penangkaran

   Synonym: pembiakbakaan (Standard Malay)

2. (informal) reproduction: the act of reproducing new individuals biologically.

   Synonym: (formal) reproduksi

Further reading

• “pembiakan” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From pem +‎ biak +‎ an.

Noun

pembiakan (Jawi spelling ڤمبياقن, plural pembiakan-pembiakan, informal 1st possessive pembiakanku, 2nd possessive pembiakanmu, 3rd possessive pembiakannya)

1. reproduction (act of reproducing new individuals biologically)
2. propagation {the multiplication or natural increase in a population}
3. multiplication

Further reading

• “pembiakan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.