buang air besar

== Indonesian == === Alternative forms === BAB === Etymology === Compound of buang (“to throw away”) +‎ air (“water”) +‎ besar (“big; large”), literally “to throw away a large water”. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bu.aŋ a.ɪr bəˈsar/ === Verb === buang air besar (intransitive, formal) to defecate Synonym: berak === Noun === buang air besar (plural buang-buang air besar) defecation, defaecation: The act or process of voiding feces from the bowels ==== Synonyms ==== bèrak defekasi penyahtinjaan (Standard Malay) === Further reading === “buang air besar”, 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