absisi

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch abscissie (“abscission”), from Latin abscissiō, abscindō (“to cut, to tear”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /abˈsisi/ [ap̚ˈsi.si]
• Rhymes: -isi
• Syllabification: ab‧si‧si

Noun

absisi (plural absisi-absisi)

1. (botany) abscission (natural separation of a part of a plant)

Further reading

• “absisi”, 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
• Mien Achmad Rifai; Nawangsari Sugiri; Sumitro Sunitiyono (1990), Kamus Biologi: Fisiologi [Dictionary of Biology: Physiology] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Departemen Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan, →ISBN, page 1