romusa

== Indonesian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Japanese 勞務者(ろうむしゃ) (rōmusha). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /roˈmusa/ [roˈmu.sa] Rhymes: -usa Syllabification: ro‧mu‧sa === Noun === romusa (plural romusa-romusa or para romusa) (formal) romusha; a forced laborer, especially those made to work in the Dutch East Indies under Japanese occupation during the Second World War. ==== Alternative forms ==== romusha romusya ==== Derived terms ==== === See also === barisan pekerja === Further reading === “romusa”, 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