permulaan

Indonesian

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permulaan

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Etymology

Affixation of mula +‎ per- -an.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /pərmuˈlaan/ [pər.muˈla.(ʔ)an]
• Rhymes: -aan
• Syllabification: per‧mu‧la‧an

Noun

permulaan (plural permulaan-permulaan)

1. beginning, start
2. onset
3. the first part (of a speech)
4. opening (of a letter)
5. flag-fall
6. early

Derived terms

• permulaan kalam
• permulaan tahun

Further reading

• “permulaan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016