defekasi
Indonesian
Etymology
Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch defecatie, from French défécation, from Latin dēfaecātiō.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /defeˈkasi/
- Rhymes: -si, -i
- Hyphenation: dé‧fé‧ka‧si
Noun
défékasi (plural defekasi-defekasi)
- (physiology) defecation, defaecation: The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels
Synonyms
- buang air besar
- bèrak
- penyahtinjaan (Standard Malay)
References
Further reading
- “defekasi” 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.