permukaan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed muka +‎ per- -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pərmuˈkaan/, [pər.muˈka.ʔan]
• Hyphenation: pêr‧mu‧ka‧an
• Rhymes: -an

Noun

pêrmukaan (first-person possessive permukaanku, second-person possessive permukaanmu, third-person possessive permukaannya)

1. surface (the overside or up-side of a flat object such as a table, or of a liquid)

   Aku suka menatapi cerminan diriku di atas permukaan air.

   I like looking at my reflection on the surface of the water.

Related terms

• bermuka
• mengemuka
• mengemukakan
• menyemukakan
• muka
• pemuka
• semuka
• terkemuka

 

Further reading

• “permukaan” 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.