tonton

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̃.tɔ̃/

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tonton m (plural tontons)

1. (childish) uncle

   Synonym: (formal) oncle

2. (police slang) snitch, informer

• tata
• maman
• papa

• “tonton”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From French tonton.

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̃tɔ̃/

tonton

1. uncle

   Synonym: nonk

2. old man

• tonton makout

tonton

1. huge
2. large, big

Inherited from Malay tonton, from Javanese ꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (tonton).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɔn.tɔn/
• Rhymes: -tɔn
• Hyphenation: ton‧ton

tonton (active menonton, or, colloquially nonton, passive ditonton)

1. to see, to watch

• “tonton” 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.

tonton

1. Rōmaji transcription of とんとん

tonton

1. Romanization of ꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀

Doublet of tuntun by semantic evolution from “to lead, to come along while holding one's hand” > “to flock people to somewhere” > “to watch [a spectacle etc]” also influenced by Javanese ꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (tonton). See tuntun for more details.

• IPA^(key): /tonton/
• Rhymes: -onton, -ton, -on

tonton (Jawi spelling تونتون)

1. to view; to watch (live and theatrical performances, television, film etc.)

   Synonyms: tuntun (obsolete), tengok

   Mathan tengah tonton apa sekarang?

   What is Mathan watching right now?

• Indonesian: tonton

• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tonton”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 601

• “tonton” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

From French tonton.

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̃tɔ̃/

tonton

1. uncle

   Synonyms: chacha, mama

Borrowed from French tonton.

• IPA^(key): [tonton]
• Hyphenation: ton‧ton

tonton

1. (informal, endearing, of a person) cute, lovely, pleasant (generally said of elders)

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