rudapaksa
Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦫꦸꦢꦥꦼꦏ꧀ꦱ (rudapeksa), from Old Javanese rodra (“Rudra-like, violent”) + pakṣa (“intention”), from Sanskrit रौद्र (raudra, “violent, wild”) + पक्ष (pakṣa). Introduced in Sidang Komisi 1952 as translation of Dutch geweld by Prijana.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [rudaˈpak̚sa]
- Hyphenation: ru‧da‧pak‧sa
Noun
rudapaksa (plural rudapaksa-rudapaksa)
- (probably dated) violence
- (medicine, surgery, traumatology) trauma: any serious injury to the body, often resulting from violence or an accident
- Synonym: trauma
- Cedera kepala sekunder terjadi setelah rudapaksa akan timbul edema serebri, rusaknya blood brain barrier, nekrosis jaringan, hipertermi, dan lain-lain.
- A secondary head injury that occured after a trauma will result in cerebral edema, damaged blood brain barrier, tissue necrosis, hyperthermia, etc.
- (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.