potong

Inherited from Malay potong, from Proto-Malayic *putuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *putuŋ (“to shorten, cut short or abbreviate”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpotoŋ/ [ˈpo.t̪ɔŋ]
• Rhymes: -otoŋ
• Syllabification: po‧tong

potong (active memotong, passive dipotong)

1. to cut; to cut off

potong (singular sepotong)

1. piece, slice (e.g. of cake)

• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*putuŋ”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

• “potong”, 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

from Proto-Malayic *putuŋ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *putuŋ (“to shorten, cut short or abbreviate”).

• IPA^(key): /po.toŋ/

potong

1. to cut; to sever into parts.

   Dia potong kek itu kepada lapan bahagian. ― He cut the cake into eight pieces.

2. to amputate; to remove by cutting.

   Doktor terpaksa potong kakinya. ― The doctor had to amputate his leg.

3. (figurative) to reduce; to deduct.

   Kerajaan akan potong cukai pendapatan. ― The government will reduce income tax.

4. (slang) to circumcise.

   Dia sudah potong. ― He is already circumcised.

• kerat (to cut)
• gunting (to cut with scissors)

• sambung (to connect, to join)

• “potong”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017