The colloquial form of the Indonesian language commonly employs a number of profanities, collectively are variously known in the language as umpatan, kata-kata kasar/kotor, caci maki, or sumpah serapah. These words are either from animal or sexual terms. Here is the list of notable Indonesian profanities.
There are several categorization on the Indonesian profanities. Anita Zuhrotul Jannah in 2021 divided these into five: [1]
However, according to Susanto Pudjomartono: [2]
There are several animal terms also used as profanities, namely anjing "dog" (or the Javanese loan asu), babi "pig", bangsat "bedbug", [3] kampret "microbat" and less commonly monyet "monkey", buaya "crocodile" (specifically to refer a playboy), and bajing "squirrel". [4] Alongside the standard terms, anjing has many minced oaths, including anjir and anjay. The Javanese profanity jancok has the minced oath form jangkrik "cricket". [4] These words are used as expletives, most often to release disgust.
Terms tolol, goblok, bego, blo'on, and dungu are commonly used to call a stupid person (bodoh is the usual term for "stupid"). [5] Gila "insane" is occasionally used in unpleasant situation. [1]
In Indonesian, the penis is variously referred to as kontol (from Javanese), [6] peler (also used to refer to a scrotum), [7] titit, and burung "bird", [8] while the vagina is known as puki (cf. Malay pukimak ). [9]
The colloquial form of the Indonesian language commonly employs a number of profanities, collectively are variously known in the language as umpatan, kata-kata kasar/kotor, caci maki, or sumpah serapah. These words are either from animal or sexual terms. Here is the list of notable Indonesian profanities.
There are several categorization on the Indonesian profanities. Anita Zuhrotul Jannah in 2021 divided these into five: [1]
However, according to Susanto Pudjomartono: [2]
There are several animal terms also used as profanities, namely anjing "dog" (or the Javanese loan asu), babi "pig", bangsat "bedbug", [3] kampret "microbat" and less commonly monyet "monkey", buaya "crocodile" (specifically to refer a playboy), and bajing "squirrel". [4] Alongside the standard terms, anjing has many minced oaths, including anjir and anjay. The Javanese profanity jancok has the minced oath form jangkrik "cricket". [4] These words are used as expletives, most often to release disgust.
Terms tolol, goblok, bego, blo'on, and dungu are commonly used to call a stupid person (bodoh is the usual term for "stupid"). [5] Gila "insane" is occasionally used in unpleasant situation. [1]
In Indonesian, the penis is variously referred to as kontol (from Javanese), [6] peler (also used to refer to a scrotum), [7] titit, and burung "bird", [8] while the vagina is known as puki (cf. Malay pukimak ). [9]