berjibaku
Indonesian
Etymology
ber- + jibaku, from Japanese 自爆 (jibaku, “self-explosion; suicide bombing”) with prefix ber- (“doing something”).
Pronunciation
Verb
berjibaku
- to explode or destruct oneself; to commit a suicide bombing
- (colloquial) to do something desperately.
Further reading
- “berjibaku” 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.