tokoh
Indonesian
Etymology 1
From Malay tokoh. (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tokoh (plural tokoh-tokoh)
- (rare) shape (the appearance of something, especially its outline)
- figure, physique (the natural constitution or physical structure of a person)
- Synonym: perawakan
- figure, notable (an important or well-known person)
- character (a being involved in the action of a story)
- Synonym: karakter
- (figurative) mastermind
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- bertokoh [stative / habitual] (beR-)
- menokohkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- menokohi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
- pertokohan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
- penokohan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- ketokohan [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
- tokoh adat
- tokoh agama
- tokoh antagonis
- tokoh bulat
- tokoh datar
- tokoh fiksi
- tokoh fiktif
- tokoh inspiratif
- tokoh kartun
- tokoh keteladanan
- tokoh kritis
- tokoh lawan
- tokoh masyarakat
- tokoh nasional
- tokoh oposisi
- tokoh pergerakan
- tokoh pers
- tokoh pipih
- tokoh politik
- tokoh protagonis
- tokoh rekaan
- tokoh sejarah
- tokoh sentral
- tokoh statis
- tokoh ulama
- tokoh utama
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
tokoh (plural tokoh-tokoh)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Further reading
- “tokoh” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.