ponteng means to skip (school or work); play truant. Lexicurio rates it Sui generis — a strength score of 98 out of 100.
Etymology
Unadapted borrowing from Malay ponteng.
verb
- 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.”