"ponteng" meaning in All languages combined

See ponteng on Wiktionary

Verb [English]

Forms: pontengs [present, singular, third-person], pontenging [participle, present], pontenged [participle, past], pontenged [past]
Etymology: Unadapted borrowing from Malay ponteng. Etymology templates: {{unadapted borrowing|en|ms|ponteng}} Unadapted borrowing from Malay ponteng Head templates: {{en-verb}} ponteng (third-person singular simple present pontengs, present participle pontenging, simple past and past participle pontenged)
  1. (Singlish, Manglish) To skip (school or work); play truant. Tags: Manglish, Singlish
    Sense id: en-ponteng-en-verb-eMtCPeL4 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Manglish, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Singlish, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 52 16 32 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 19 39

Verb [Malay]

IPA: [pon.teŋ] Forms: ڤونتيڠ [Jawi], memonteng [active], diponteng [passive, third-person]
Rhymes: -teŋ, -eŋ Etymology: Probably from Chinese. Etymology templates: {{bor|ms|zh|-}} Chinese Head templates: {{head|ms|verb|Jawi spelling|ڤونتيڠ|active|memonteng|3rd person passive|diponteng}} ponteng (Jawi spelling ڤونتيڠ, active memonteng, 3rd person passive diponteng)
  1. (transitive) To cheat; to swindle. Tags: transitive Synonyms: tipu, kecoh
    Sense id: en-ponteng-ms-verb-AmOB0on1 Categories (other): Pages with entries Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 19 39
  2. (informal, transitive) To ditch or skip work, school and so on; to skive. Tags: informal, transitive
    Sense id: en-ponteng-ms-verb-fyepxzKz Categories (other): Pages with entries, Malay entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 41 19 39 Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 36 64
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: kaki ponteng (english: avid skiver)

Inflected forms

Alternative forms

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