defekasi
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch defecatie, from French défécation, from Latin dēfaecātiō.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /defeˈkasi/
- Rhymes: -si, -i
- Hyphenation: dé‧fé‧ka‧si
Noun
défékasi (plural defekasi-defekasi, first-person possessive defekasiku, second-person possessive defekasimu, third-person possessive defekasinya)
- (physiology) defecation, defaecation: The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels.
Synonyms
- bèrak
- penyahtinjaan (Standard Malay)
References
- Nicoline van der Sijs (2010) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd, Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN, OCLC 687330964
Further reading
- “defekasi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.