tontonan

Malay

Etymology

Affixation of tonton +‎ -an.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tonˈtonan/ [t̪on̪ˈt̪o(n).nan]
• Hyphenation: ton‧ton‧an

Noun

tontonan (Jawi spelling تونتونن, plural tontonan-tontonan or tontonan²)

1. view (on YouTube, Twitch etc.)

   Wah, video ini mempunyai lebih daripada satu juta tontonan sekarang!

   Wow, this video now has more than one million views!

2. something that is being watched (e.g. movie, video etc.)

   Tontonan di upacara kita hari ini ialah cerita Toy Story 3.

   What we'll be watching today is the Toy Story 3 Movie.

Further reading

• "tontonan" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017