tentu

Inherited from Malay tentu, from Old Javanese tantu (“cord, thread; cause of continuity; continuous existence; thread of a story; fixed order, establishment of the world order; established holy place”), from Sanskrit तन्तु (tantu).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /tənˈtu/ [t̪ən̪ˈt̪u]
• Rhymes: -u
• Syllabification: ten‧tu

têntu

1. certain, definite, sure

   Synonym: pasti

2. bright

   Synonym: terang

3. positive
4. assertive, clear, decisive, firm, resolute

têntu

1. of course

• “tentu”, 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

Borrowed from Old Javanese tantu (“cord, thread; cause of continuity; continuous existence; thread of a story; fixed order, establishment of the world order; established holy place”), from Sanskrit तन्तु (tantu).

• (schwa-variety, Baku, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /tənˈtu/ [t̪ən̪ˈt̪u]
• Rhymes: -tu, -u
• Hyphenation: ten‧tu

tentu (Jawi spelling تنتو, comparative lebih tentu, superlative paling tentu)

1. certain; sure; definite; fixed.

   Synonym: pasti

   Tarikh mesyuarat itu masih belum tentu. ― The date of the meeting is still not certain.

tentu (Jawi spelling تنتو)

1. certainly; surely; of course.

   Dia tentu akan datang ke majlis itu. ― He will certainly come to the event.

   Tentu sekali, saya akan bantu. ― Of course, I will help.

• > Indonesian: tentu (inherited)
• → Tagalog: tanto
• → Tausug: tantu

• "tentu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017