pembukaan

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Affixation of buka +‎ peng- -an. For obstetrical sense of cervical dilatation, semantic loan from Dutch ontsluiting. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /pəm.buˈka.ʔan/ Hyphenation: pêm‧bu‧ka‧an === Noun === pembukaan (plural pembukaan-pembukaan) opening, (literally) an act or instance of making or becoming open (chess) the first few moves in a game of chess the opening sequence of any event; kick-off unveiling, the act of unveiling or uncovering a ceremony for the first public showing of something the act of revealing something; disclosure the act of establishing; establishment a short preliminary statement or remark, especially an explanatory introduction to a formal document or statute; preamble the first in a series of events, items etc; the first remark or sentence of a conversation; opener (obstetrics) cervical dilation: the opening of the cervix, the entrance to the uterus, during childbirth ==== Synonyms ==== (preamble): mukadimah, pendahuluan (_): pendahuluan, permulaan (act of unveiling): penyingkapan === Further reading === “pembukaan”, 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