indekos

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • kos (verb and noun)
  • ngekos (verb)
  • kosan (noun)

Etymology

From Dutch in de kost (“in the kost”) as kost (“board, livelihood, meals and lodgings”), from Middle Dutch cost, from Old French cost, from Medieval Latin costare, from Latin constare (“stand together, stand at, cost”), from com- + stare (“stand”). The noun is derived from the vwrb.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈindəkos/ [ˈin.də.kɔs]
  • Rhymes: -indəkos
  • Syllabification: in‧de‧kos

Verb

indêkos

  1. (colloquial, intransitive) to rent a place to live or lodge
    Synonym: memondok

Noun

indekos (plural indekos-indekos)

  1. (colloquial) a place rented to live or lodge, usually a room

Further reading

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