"ponteng" meaning in Malay

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Verb

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

{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "avid skiver",
      "word": "kaki ponteng"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Chinese.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ڤونتيڠ",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memonteng",
      "tags": [
        "active"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diponteng",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "Jawi spelling",
        "4": "ڤونتيڠ",
        "5": "active",
        "6": "memonteng",
        "7": "3rd person passive",
        "8": "diponteng"
      },
      "expansion": "ponteng (Jawi spelling ڤونتيڠ, active memonteng, 3rd person passive diponteng)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pon‧teng"
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 19 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cheat; to swindle."
      ],
      "id": "en-ponteng-ms-verb-AmOB0on1",
      "links": [
        [
          "cheat",
          "cheat"
        ],
        [
          "swindle",
          "swindle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cheat; to swindle."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tipu"
        },
        {
          "word": "kecoh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "41 19 39",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "36 64",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Adam has never skipped his classes.",
          "text": "Adam tak pernah ponteng kelasnya.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ditch or skip work, school and so on; to skive."
      ],
      "id": "en-ponteng-ms-verb-fyepxzKz",
      "links": [
        [
          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ],
        [
          "skip",
          "skip"
        ],
        [
          "skive",
          "skive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, transitive) To ditch or skip work, school and so on; to skive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pon.teŋ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-teŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ponteng"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay terms borrowed from Chinese",
    "Malay terms derived from Chinese",
    "Malay verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Rhymes:Malay/eŋ",
    "Rhymes:Malay/eŋ/2 syllables",
    "Rhymes:Malay/teŋ"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "english": "avid skiver",
      "word": "kaki ponteng"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "zh",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Chinese",
      "name": "bor"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from Chinese.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ڤونتيڠ",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "memonteng",
      "tags": [
        "active"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "diponteng",
      "tags": [
        "passive",
        "third-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "verb",
        "3": "Jawi spelling",
        "4": "ڤونتيڠ",
        "5": "active",
        "6": "memonteng",
        "7": "3rd person passive",
        "8": "diponteng"
      },
      "expansion": "ponteng (Jawi spelling ڤونتيڠ, active memonteng, 3rd person passive diponteng)",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "pon‧teng"
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay transitive verbs"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To cheat; to swindle."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "cheat",
          "cheat"
        ],
        [
          "swindle",
          "swindle"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(transitive) To cheat; to swindle."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "tipu"
        },
        {
          "word": "kecoh"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "transitive"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "Malay informal terms",
        "Malay terms with usage examples",
        "Malay transitive verbs"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Adam has never skipped his classes.",
          "text": "Adam tak pernah ponteng kelasnya.",
          "type": "example"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "To ditch or skip work, school and so on; to skive."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "ditch",
          "ditch"
        ],
        [
          "skip",
          "skip"
        ],
        [
          "skive",
          "skive"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(informal, transitive) To ditch or skip work, school and so on; to skive."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "informal",
        "transitive"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "[pon.teŋ]"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-teŋ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-eŋ"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ponteng"
}

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