tribulasi

Borrowed from Dutch tribulatie, from Late Latin trībulātiō (“distress, trouble, tribulation, affliction”), from Latin tribulāre (“to press, probably also thresh out grain”), from trībulum (“a sledge consisting of a wooden block studded with sharp pieces of flint or with iron teeth, used for threshing grain”), from terēre (“to rub”)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /tribuˈlasi/ [t̪ri.buˈla.si]
• Rhymes: -asi
• Syllabification: tri‧bu‧la‧si

tribulasi (plural tribulasi-tribulasi)

1. tribulation
   1. any adversity; a trying period or event
   2. (Christianity) a period of suffering, distress, or trial that results from persecution or oppression which often associated with the end times

• “tribulasi” 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.