wanita penghibur

Indonesian

Etymology

Cognate of Japanese 慰安婦 (ianfu, “female sex slave”, literally “comfort women”).

Noun

wanita penghibur (plural wanita-wanita penghibur, first-person possessive wanita penghiburku, second-person possessive wanita penghiburmu, third-person possessive wanita penghiburnya).

1. (euphemistic) A female sex slave; prostitute; comfort woman; comfort girl.
   ...kenapa di Indonesia kita tidak mendengar ada berita tentang gugatan hukum dari wanita penghibur tersebut kepada pemerintah Jepang?
   2005, Jalan panjang hak asasi manusia: catatan Todung Mulya Lubis, Gramedia Pustaka Utama (→ISBN), page 76:

   Why do we not hear any news about lawsuit from those comfort woman to the government of Japan?