tauke

From Malay tauke, from Hokkien 頭家 / 头家 (thâu-ke, “boss”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtau̯ke/ [ˈt̪au̯.ke]
• Rhymes: -au̯ke
• Syllabification: tau‧ke

tauke (plural tauke-tauke)

1. towkay:
   1. business owner

      Synonym: majikan

   2. (colloquial) boss

      Synonyms: mandor, bos

• taoke
• toke

• “tauke”, 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 Hokkien 頭家 / 头家 (thâu-ke, “boss”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtawke/ [ˈt̪au̯.ke]

tauke (Jawi spelling تاوکي, plural tauke-tauke)

1. towkay; shopkeeper; shop owner; business owner

• > Indonesian: tauke (inherited)
• → Tausug: tawki

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