cowok

Indonesian

Etymology

Altered from cewek.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /tʃo.woʔ/

Noun

cowok (first-person possessive cowokku, second-person possessive cowokmu, third-person possessive cowoknya)

(colloquial, originally Jakarta) boy
Antonyms: cewek, gadis
(expansion) male
Synonym: laki-laki

Antonyms: cewek, perempuan
(slang) boyfriend
Hypernyms: kekasih, pacar

Further reading

“cowok” 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.

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