perkosa
Indonesian
Etymology
Affixed per- + *kosa (kuasa (“power”)) (Sundanese prakosa (“mighty”), Javanese ꦥꦿꦏꦺꦴꦱ (prakosa, “mighty, powerful, strong”)), from ke- + *wasa, from Sanskrit वश (vaśa, “control; domination; desire”). Doublet of perkasa.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [pərˈkɔsa]
- Hyphenation: per‧ko‧sa
Derived terms
- memerkosa
- memperkosa
- pemerkosa
- pemerkosaan
- perkosaan
Related terms
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.
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