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lembaga.

institution; institute

7 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun[ləmˈbaɡa]
  1. institution; institute

  2. embryo, the beginning; the first stage of anything

  3. embryo, a rudimentary plant contained in the seed

Where this word comes from

From Malay lembaga, from Classical Malay lembaga (“shape”), from Sanskrit लम्बभागः (lambabhāgaḥ, “extended part, vertical section”). Coined by Komisi Istilah in 1954 to translate Dutch instituut. Semantic loan from English embryo for “rudimentary plant” sense.

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