tokoh

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay tokoh.

Noun

tokoh (first-person possessive tokohku, second-person possessive tokohmu, third-person possessive tokohnya)

  1. (rare) shape (the appearance of something, especially its outline)
    Synonyms: rupa, macam, jenis
  2. figure, physique (the natural constitution or physical structure of a person)
    Synonym: perawakan
  3. figure, notable (an important or well-known person)
  4. character (a being involved in the action of a story)
    Synonym: karakter
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)

Etymology 2

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Noun

tokoh (first-person possessive tokohku, second-person possessive tokohmu, third-person possessive tokohnya)

  1. (North Sumatra) deceit; trickery
    Synonyms: tipu, kecoh
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • menokoh [agent focus] (meN-)
  • penokoh [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

  • kena tokoh

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