tonton

See also: tontón

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̃.tɔ̃/

• Audio:

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Noun

tonton m (plural tontons)

1. (childish) uncle

   Synonym: (formal) oncle

2. (police slang) snitch, informer

See also

• tata
• maman
• papa

Further reading

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

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French tonton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̃tɔ̃/

Noun

tonton

1. uncle

   Synonym: nonk

2. old man

Derived terms

• tonton makout

Adjective

tonton

1. huge
2. large, big

Indonesian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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

1. to see, to watch

Derived terms

• kepenontonan
• mempertontonkan
• menonton
• menontonkan
• penonton
• tontonan

 

• tonton maraton

 

Further reading

• “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.

Japanese

Romanization

tonton

1. Rōmaji transcription of とんとん

Javanese

Romanization

tonton

1. Romanization of ꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀

Malay

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

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

Verb

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?

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• penonton [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
• menonton [agent focus] (meN-)
• ditonton [patient focus] (di-)
• penontonan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
• tontonan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
• pratonton [(from Sanskrit)] (pra-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

• dipertontonkan
• rumah tontonan
• rumah penontonan

Descendants

• Indonesian: tonton

References

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

Further reading

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

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French tonton.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɔ̃tɔ̃/

Noun

tonton

1. uncle

   Synonyms: chacha, mama

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French tonton.

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

tonton

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

Synonyms

• sevimli
• hoş