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 verb. === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /indəˈkos/ [in.dəˈkɔs] Rhymes: -os Syllabification: in‧de‧kos === Verb === indêkos (colloquial, intransitive) to rent a place to live or lodge Synonym: memondok === Noun === indekos (plural indekos-indekos) (colloquial) a place rented to live or lodge, usually a room === Further reading === “indekos”, 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