# tolong
## English
### Etymology

From Malay tolong.

### Pronunciation

* (Singapore) IPA: [ˈtɔlɔŋ]

### Adverb

tolong (not comparable)
* (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

* Golton, lotong

## Hungarian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtoloŋɡ]
* Hyphenation: to‧long
* Rhymes: -oŋɡ

### Verb

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

#### Conjugation

or

#### Derived terms

* tolongás
(With verbal prefixes):
* betolong
* kitolong
* visszatolong

### References

* ↑ 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

* (Standard Indonesian) IPA: /ˈtɔlɔŋ/ [ˈt̪ɔ.lɔŋ]
* Rhymes: -ɔlɔŋ
* Syllabification: to‧long

### Verb

tolong (base form, active menolong, passive ditolong)
* to help
    Synonym: bantu

#### Alternative forms

* tulung

#### Affixed terms

* bertolong-tolongan
* ketolongan
* menolong
* penolong
* pertolongan
* tertolong
* tolong-menolong

### Further reading

* “tolong” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /to.loŋ/
* Rhymes: -oloŋ, -loŋ, -oŋ
* Audio (Malaysia):(file)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Verb

tolong (Jawi spelling تولوڠ)
* to help, to assist

##### Derived terms

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-)
* pertolongan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
* 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-)

### Etymology 2

Extension from above in imperative form e.g. Tolong saya buat... ('Help me do...')

#### Adverb

tolong
* Used to make a polite request.
    Synonym: sila
    Tolong ambikkan sepanar tu.Please hand me the spanner.

##### Descendants

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

### References

* Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “تولڠ toeloeng”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 92
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “تولڠ tolong”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 202
* Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “tolong”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 598

#### Affixed terms

* bertolong-tolongan
* ketolongan
* menolong
* penolong
* pertolongan
* tertolong
* tolong-menolong

### Further reading

* “tolong” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Pangasinan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtoloŋ/, [ˈtʊ.lʊŋ]

### Noun

tolong
* help

### Verb

tolong
* to help; to assist