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.

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