ponteng

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ponteng

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Unadapted borrowing from Malay ponteng.

verb pontengs · pontenging · pontenged

Manglish, Singlish To skip (school or work); play truant. […] she rushed up to me at the end shouting: "Hei you came! Did you ponteng work?" I do not advocated "pontenging" of course but I do strongly recommend one primary school sports meet at least for each parent and soon.

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"ponteng." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/ponteng. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026.

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"ponteng." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/ponteng.

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@misc{ponteng_2026,
  title = {ponteng},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/ponteng},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}