lembaga
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Malay lembaga, from Classical Malay lembaga (“shape”), from Sanskrit [Term?]. Semantic loan from English embryo for “rudimentary plant” sense.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
lêmbaga (first-person possessive lembagaku, second-person possessive lembagamu, third-person possessive lembaganya)
- institution; institute
- Synonym: badan
- embryo,
- the beginning; the first stage of anything.
- (botany) a rudimentary plant contained in the seed.
Affixed terms edit
Further reading edit
- “lembaga” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.