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lingkungan.

environment, environment in general senses

10 characters3 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

noun/liŋˈkuŋan/Standard-Indonesian[liŋˈku.ŋan]Standard-Indonesian

  1. environment, environment in general senses

  2. environment (the software and/or hardware existing on any particular computer system)

  3. area, a particular geographic region

  4. circle, group

  5. subdivision of a parish

  6. ellipsis of lingkungan tetangga (“neighbourhood”)

    abbreviation · alt-of · ellipsis
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay lingkungan, from Classical Malay lingkungan (“area”). Equivalent to lingkung + -an. * The sense “environment” is a semantic loan from Dutch omgeving. * The sense “circle, group” is a semantic loan from Dutch kring. Compare to loanword as Indonesian kring (“subdivision of a parish”).

adj/liŋˈkuŋan/Standard-Indonesian[liŋˈku.ŋan]Standard-Indonesian

  1. environmental

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Where this word comes from

Inherited from Malay lingkungan, from Classical Malay lingkungan (“area”). Equivalent to lingkung + -an. * The sense “environment” is a semantic loan from Dutch omgeving. * The sense “circle, group” is a semantic loan from Dutch kring. Compare to loanword as Indonesian kring (“subdivision of a parish”).

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