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)

1. (colloquial, originally Jakarta) boy

   Antonyms: cewek, gadis

2. (expansion) male

   Synonym: laki-laki

   Antonyms: cewek, perempuan

3. (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.