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English
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Malay ponteng.
Verb
ponteng (third-person singular simple present pontengs, present participle pontenging, simple past and past participle pontenged)
- (Singlish, Manglish) To skip (school or work); play truant.
1978, Adibah Amin, As I was Passing, volume 2, page 197:[…] she rushed up to me at the end shouting: "Hei you came! Did you ponteng work?"
I do not advocated "pontenging" of course but I do strongly recommend one primary school sports meet at least for each parent and soon.
- Quoted in 2009, Rosaly Puthucheary, Different Voices: The Singaporean/Malaysian Novel (page 124)
- But that was the best place to spend the day if you pontenged school. It was so cool and quiet.
Malay
Etymology
Probably from Chinese.[1]
Pronunciation
Verb
ponteng (Jawi spelling ڤونتيڠ, active memonteng, 3rd person passive diponteng)
- (transitive) To cheat; to swindle.
- Synonyms: tipu, kecoh
- (informal, transitive) To ditch or skip work, school and so on; to skive.
Adam tak pernah ponteng kelasnya.- Adam has never skipped his classes.
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