berjibaku

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixed ber- +‎ jibaku, from Japanese 自爆(じばく) (jibaku, “self-explosion; suicide bombing”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bər.d͡ʒi.ba.ku/
• Hyphenation: ber‧ji‧ba‧ku

Verb

berjibaku

1. to detonate oneself as an attack; to commit a suicide bombing
2. (colloquial, figurative) to do something desperately, or commit an act that involves risk-taking

Further reading

• “berjibaku”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016