ruminansia

Indonesian

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin rūminantia (“chewing the cud”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ru.mi.nanˈsi.a/, [ru.mi.nanˈsi.a]
• Rhymes: -a
• Hyphenation: ru‧mi‧nan‧si‧a

Noun

ruminansia (plural ruminansia-ruminansia, first-person possessive ruminansiaku, second-person possessive ruminansiamu, third-person possessive ruminansianya)

1. (zoology) ruminant: an artiodactyl ungulate mammal which chews cud, such as a cow or deer.

   Synonym: pemamah biak

Alternative forms

• رومينن (ruminan) (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Further reading

• “ruminansia” 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.