ErichEko ⟹⭐ Nov 5, 2011:

kojo is Sundanese I don't know if kojo is a Javanese word. In Sundanese, it means something close to andalan, something you rely on much. The problem is: Sundanese does not use ne as a suffix, that is, they will not say kojone. They will say kojonya instead.

ErichEko ⟹⭐ Nov 5, 2011:

Koyone = koyo + ne Dear Catherine, koyone is the same as Jakarta/Betawi kayaknye. The Melayu equivalent is sepertinya. So, ne is a suffix here, not part of the word.

Catherine Muir (asker) Nov 5, 2011:

Interesting to compare with Spanish word with... similar pronunciation in English (ko-yo-neez). Cojones (Spanish pronunciation: [koˈxones]) is a vulgar Spanish word for testicles, denoting courage when used in the phrase "tener cojones" (equivalent to English "have the balls to"). It is considered a curse word when used by itself as an expletive in Spanish. In English, as a loanword, it means courage, brazenness, "nerve", "guts", etc. In US slang, cojones denotes “brazen, brave attitude”. Contextually, its usage is like that of the Yiddish chutzpah (nerve), the Bosnian, Croatian, Serbian and Macedonian muda (balls), the French couilles (balls) and the Finnish sisu (perseverance). The first English-language text to contain the word cojones as a metaphor for bravery is Ernest Hemingway's 1932 book on bullfighting, Death in the Afternoon. "It takes more cojones," he wrote, "to be a sportsman where death is a closer party to the game."
Source: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cojones