rudapaksa

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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

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  • 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.
    Cedera kepala sekunder terjadi setelah rudapaksa akan timbul edema serebri, rusaknya blood brain barrier, nekrosis jaringan, hipertermi, dan lain-lain.(please add an English translation of this usage example).
    Synonym: trauma
  3. (euphemistic) rape.
    Synonym: perkosaan

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