tjonto

Peranakan Indonesian

Etymology

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

Noun

tjonto

  1. example
    Lebi koesoet dari ini tjonto adalah orang jang trima boedel atawa harta besar zonder kerdja soeatoe apa.[1] ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

References

  1. ^ Kwee Hing Tjiat (1921) Doea Kapala Batoe [Two Hardheaded (Persons)] (in Peranakan Indonesian), Nauer & Dimmick, page 73
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