contoh

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay contoh, from Tamil சௌத்து (cauttu, “pattern, sample, model”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃɔntɔh/ [ˈt͡ʃon̪.t̪ɔh]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔntɔh
  • Syllabification: con‧toh

Noun

contoh (plural contoh-contoh)

  1. example, instance
    Synonym: misal
  2. sample:
    1. specimen: a part or snippet of something taken or presented for inspection, or shown as evidence of the quality of the whole
      Synonyms: cuplikan, sampel, spesimen
    2. (statistics, rare) a subset of a population selected for measurement, observation or questioning, to provide statistical information about the population
      Synonyms: cuplikan, percontoh, sampel
  3. specimen
    Synonyms: cuplikan, spesimen
  4. pattern
    Synonym: pola
  5. model:
    1. a representation of a physical object, usually in miniature
      Synonym: model
    2. a successful example to be copied, with or without modifications
      Synonym: teladan

Derived terms

References

  1. ^ Hoogervorst, Tom (2015). "Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia". Archipel. 89: 74.

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Tamil சௌத்து (cauttu, “pattern, sample, model”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈt͡ʃontoh/ [ˈt͡ʃon̪.t̪oh]
  • Rhymes: -toh, -oh
  • Hyphenation: con‧toh

Noun

contoh (Jawi spelling چونتوه, plural contoh-contoh or contoh2)

  1. example:
    1. something representative of all such things in a group
      Synonyms: misal, uswah
    2. something that serves to illustrate or explain a rule
    3. something that serves as a pattern of behaviour to be imitated (a good example) or not to be imitated (a bad example)
      Synonyms: teladan, model
  2. (obsolete) sample, model, study for an artist to imitate

Derived terms

Affixations
Compounds

Descendants

  • Indonesian: contoh
  • Peranakan Indonesian: tjonto
  • → Javanese: conto
  • → Minangkabau: conto, cinto

Verb

contoh (Jawi spelling چونتوه) (transitive)

  1. bare form of mencontoh (“to consider as an example”)

References

  1. ^ Hoogervorst, Tom (2015). "Detecting pre-modern lexical influence from South India in Maritime Southeast Asia". Archipel. 89: 74.
  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875), “چنتو tjonto”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 114
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901), “چنته chontoh”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 264
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932), “chontoh”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 239

Further reading

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