rudapaksa

Indonesian

Etymology

From Javanese rudapeksa (ꦫꦸꦢꦥꦼꦏ꧀ꦱ), from Old Javanese rodra (“Rudra-like, violent”) +‎ pakṣa (“intention”), from Sanskrit रौद्र (raudra, “violent, wild”) +‎ पक्ष (pakṣa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [rudaˈpak̚sa]
• Hyphenation: ru‧da‧pak‧sa

Noun

rudapaksa (first-person possessive rudapaksaku, second-person possessive rudapaksamu, third-person possessive rudapaksanya)

1. (probably dated) violence.

   Synonyms: kekerasan, paksa

2. (medicine) trauma: any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident.

   Synonym: trauma

3. (euphemistic) rape.

   Synonym: perkosaan

Derived terms

• merudapaksa (“to rape”)

Further reading

• “rudapaksa” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.