tolong

English

Etymology

From Malay tolong.

Pronunciation

Adverb

tolong (not comparable)

  1. (Singapore, colloquial) please
    • 2004 August 22, “Queer Eye for the Dead Guy”, in The Sunday Times (LifeStyle), page 54:
      ‘Tolong, please don’t use the word ‘haunt’ in this context. It’s too creepy,’ said the Wife, smoothing away her goosebumps.

Anagrams

Hungarian

Etymology

First attested in 1575. tol (“to push”) +‎ -ong (frequentative verb-forming suffix)[1]

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtoloŋɡ]
  • Hyphenation: to‧long
  • Rhymes: -oŋɡ

Verb

tolong

  1. (intransitive, reciprocal, of a crowd) to jostle (to bump into or brush against while (with difficulty) moving here and there)
    Synonyms: hemzseg, nyüzsög, rajzik
  2. (intransitive) to jostle (to move through by pushing and shoving)
    Synonyms: tolakodik, tülekedik, furakodik, nyomakodik, nyomul, lökdösődik

Conjugation
conjugation of tolong
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal		 3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal		 3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. tolongok tolongasz tolong tolongunk tolongotok or
tolongtok		 tolonganak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. tolongtam tolongtál tolongott tolongtunk tolongtatok tolongtak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. tolonganék tolonganál tolongana tolonganánk tolonganátok tolonganának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. tolongjak tolongj or
tolongjál		 tolongjon tolongjunk tolongjatok tolongjanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive tolongani tolonganom tolonganod tolongania tolonganunk tolonganotok tolonganiuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
tolongás tolongó tolongott ― tolongva tolonghat

or

conjugation of tolong
1st person sg 2nd person sg
informal		 3rd person sg,
2nd p. sg formal		 1st person pl 2nd person pl
informal		 3rd person pl,
2nd p. pl formal
Indica­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. tolongok tolongsz tolong tolongunk tolongtok tolongnak
Def. intransitive verb, definite forms are not used
2nd-p. o. ―
Past Indef. tolongtam tolongtál tolongott tolongtunk tolongtatok tolongtak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Condi­tional
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. tolongnék tolongnál tolongna tolongnánk tolongnátok tolongnának
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Sub­junc­tive
mood		 Pre­sent Indef. tolongjak tolongj or
tolongjál		 tolongjon tolongjunk tolongjatok tolongjanak
Def. ―
2nd-p. o. ―
Infinitive tolongni tolongnom tolongnod tolongnia tolongnunk tolongnotok tolongniuk
Other nonfinite
verb forms		 Verbal noun Present participle Past participle Future part. Adverbial part. Potential
tolongás tolongó tolongott ― tolongva tolonghat

Derived terms
  • tolongás

(With verbal prefixes):

  • betolong
  • kitolong
  • visszatolong

References
  1. tolong in Zaicz, Gábor (ed.). Etimológiai szótár: Magyar szavak és toldalékok eredete (‘Dictionary of Etymology: The origin of Hungarian words and affixes’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2006, →ISBN.  (See also its 2nd edition.)

Further reading
  • tolong in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tolong, from Classical Malay tolong, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuluŋ (“to help, to assist”). Cognate of Tagalog tulong.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈto.lɔŋ]
  • Hyphenation: to‧long

Verb

tolong (base form, active menolong, passive ditolong)

  1. to help
    Synonym: bantu

Alternative forms

Affixed terms

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuluŋ (“to help, to assist”). Cognate with Tagalog tulong.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /to.loŋ/
  • Rhymes: -oloŋ, -loŋ, -oŋ
  • Audio (MY)(file)

Verb

tolong (Jawi spelling تولوڠ‎)

  1. to help, to assist

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • penolong [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • penolongan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • tolongan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • tolong-tolong [reduplication] (redup)
  • tolong-tolongan [reduplication + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (redup + -an)
  • pertolong [causative passive] (peR-)
  • tolongkan [causative benefactive] (-kan)
  • tolongi [causative (locative) benefactive] (-i)
  • menolong [agent focus] (meN-)
  • menolongi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
  • ditolong [patient focus] (di-)
  • tertolong [agentless action] (teR-)
  • bertolong [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants
  • Indonesian: tolong
  • → Min Nan: 多隆, 導郎／多隆, 导郎 (tō-long; tō͘-lông)

Further reading

Pangasinan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tuluŋ (“to help, to assist”). Cognate with Tagalog tulong.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtoloŋ/, [ˈtʊ.lʊŋ]

Noun

tolong

  1. help

Verb

tolong

  1. to help; to assist
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