tengok

Inherited from Malay tengok. Perhaps related to Javanese ꦛꦼꦔꦸꦏ꧀ (thenguk, “sit idly”).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈteŋok/ [ˈt̪e.ŋɔk̚]
• Rhymes: -eŋok
• Syllabification: te‧ngok

tengok

1. to see

   Synonym: lihat

2. to visit

   Synonym: jenguk

• “tengok”, 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

• ngok (apheresis)
• tgok, tgk, tngk (Internet, text messaging)

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• IPA^(key): /ˈteŋok/ [ˈt̪e.ŋoʔ]
• Rhymes: -eŋoʔ, -ŋoʔ, -oʔ
• Hyphenation: te‧ngok

tengok (Jawi spelling تيڠوق)

1. (transitive) to look at; to see

   Synonyms: lihat, pandang

   Tengok benda ni!

   Look at this thing!

2. (transitive) to watch; to view

   Synonym: tonton

   Nanti kau nak tengok cerita apa?

   What movie do you want to watch later?

3. (transitive) to visit

   Synonyms: lawat, kunjung, jenguk, ziarah

   Tiap-tiap minggu dia pergi tengok neneknya yang tengah sakit.

   He visits his sick grandma every week.

4. (transitive, figurative) to predict

   Synonyms: ramal, tilik

   Awang pandai menengok nasib seorang pengembara.

   Awang is good at predicting the fate of an adventurer.

5. (colloquial, transitive) to meet with someone

   Synonyms: jumpa, temu

   Pagi kelmarin, aku gi tengok Aqil ngn keluarganya.

   Yesterday morning I met Aqil and his family.

• > Indonesian: tengok (inherited)

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