tonton

== French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔ̃.tɔ̃/ === Noun === tonton m (plural tontons) (childish) uncle Synonym: (formal) oncle (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 uncle Synonym: nonk old man ==== Derived terms ==== tonton makout === Adjective === tonton huge large, big == Indonesian == === Etymology === Inherited from Malay tonton, from Javanese ꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ꦠꦺꦴꦤ꧀ (tonton). === Pronunciation === (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtonton/ [ˈt̪on̪.t̪ɔn] Rhymes: -onton Syllabification: ton‧ton === Verb === tonton (active menonton, or, colloquially nonton, passive ditonton) to see, to watch ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “tonton”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Japanese == === Romanization === tonton Rōmaji transcription of とんとん == Javanese == === Romanization === tonton 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): /ˈtonton/ [ˈt̪on̪.t̪on] Rhymes: -onton, -ton, -on Hyphenation: ton‧ton === Verb === tonton (Jawi spelling تونتون, active menonton, third-person passive ditonton) to watch (performances, television, etc.) Synonym: tengok ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== > Indonesian: tonton (inherited) === 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 (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Mauritian Creole == === Etymology === From French tonton. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /tɔ̃tɔ̃/ === Noun === tonton uncle Synonyms: chacha, mama == Old Javanese == === Etymology === Reduplication of ton (“to see; to look”) === Noun === tonton performance, show actor ==== Derived terms ==== == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === Probably from Kongo ntóoto, Yombe thoóto, Beembe tótò ("ripe banana") and possibly Ngangam tõ (“to pound”), Northern Toussian toŋ (“to pound”). Compare English tum-tum. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtontoŋ/, /ˈtonton/, [ˈtʊ̞ntʊ̞̃ŋ], [ˈtɔ̝ntɔ̝ŋ] === Noun === tonton dumpling made from mashed plantain synonym of edetonton (“brain”) ==== Descendants ==== → Dutch: tomtom === References === == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French tonton. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [tonton] Hyphenation: ton‧ton === Adjective === tonton (informal, endearing, of a person) cute, lovely, pleasant (generally said of elders) ==== Synonyms ==== sevimli hoş