perkosa
Indonesian
Etymology
- Probably from Sundanese prakosa (“mighty”). Doublet of perkasa, or
- Affixed per- + *kosa (kuasa (“power”)), from ke- + *wasa, from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “control; domination; desire”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pərˈkɔsa]
- Hyphenation: per‧ko‧sa
Noun
pêrkosa
- rape
Derived terms
- memerkosa
- memperkosa
- pemerkosa
- pemerkosaan
- perkosaan
Related terms
- perkasa
Further reading
- J. G. de Casparis (1997) Sanskrit Loanwords in Indonesian (Linguistic studies of Indonesian and other languages in Indonesia), volume 41, Jakarta: Unika Atma Jaya, page 28.
- “perkosa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.