Affixation of per- +‎ *kosa (kuasa) (“power”). Doublet of perkasa. Cognate of Sundanese prakosa (“mighty”), Javanese ꦥꦿꦏꦺꦴꦱ (prakosa, “mighty, powerful, strong”).

• IPA^(key): [pərˈkɔ.sa]
• Hyphenation: pêr‧ko‧sa

perkosa (active memerkosa, passive diperkosa)

1. to rape (to force sexual intercourse or other penetrative sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent)

   Synonyms: rogol, rudapaksa

• J. G. de Casparis (1997), Sanskrit Loanwords in Indonesian (Linguistic studies of Indonesian and other languages in Indonesia)‎^[1], volume 41, Jakarta: Unika Atma Jaya, page 28.
• “memerkosa”, 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

Affixation of *kosa (kuasa) (“power”) +‎ per-. Doublet of perkasa. Cognate of Sundanese prakosa (“mighty”), Javanese ꦥꦿꦏꦺꦴꦱ (prakosa, “mighty, powerful, strong”).

• (schwa-variety) IPA^(key): /pə(r)ˈkosə/ [pə(r)ˈko.sə]
  • Rhymes: -osə, -sə, -ə

• (Baku) IPA^(key): /pərˈkosa/ [pərˈko.sa]
  • Rhymes: -osa, -sa, -a
• Hyphenation: per‧ko‧sa

perkosa (active memerkosa, passive diperkosa)

1. to rape (to force sexual intercourse or other penetrative sexual activity upon (someone) without their consent)

   Synonym: rogol

• "perkosa" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017