cewek

• cewe, ciwi, cwek, cwk

Compare with Malay awek (“girlfriend”), Sundanese awéwé (“girl, woman”), or éwé (“(dialectal) girl, wife”). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃeweʔ/ [ˈt͡ʃe.wɛʔ]
• Rhymes: -eweʔ
• Syllabification: ce‧wek

céwék (plural cewek-cewek)

1. (colloquial, originally Jakarta) young girl

   Synonym: gadis

   Antonym: cowok

2. (colloquial, by extension) female

   Synonym: perempuan

   Antonyms: cowok, laki-laki

3. (slang) girlfriend

   Antonym: cowok

   Hypernyms: kekasih, pacar

• “cewek”, 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

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡sɛ.vɛk/
• Rhymes: -ɛvɛk
• Syllabification: ce‧wek

cewek f

1. genitive plural of cewka