tompang

tompang

English

Alternative forms

• tumpang

Etymology

Malay tumpang (“to take shelter with”).

Pronunciation

(Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈtʊnpʌŋ/

Verb

tompang (third-person singular simple present tompangs, present participle tompanging, simple past and past participle tompanged)

1. (Singapore, informal) To have one's items carried by another; to include items as part of a trip taken by another.
   • 2003, Samantha Hanna, An essential guide to Singlish, page 86:

     If you go out then can I tumpang some letters to be mailed from post box?

   • 2010-07-15, Denyse Tessensohn, “Useful (and some Colloquial) words and phrases”, in Puterim.com‎, retrieved 2015-11-01:

     May I tumpang my furniture on your lorry?

   • 2014-04-21, Krystle Tse, “11 Singaporean quirks we never realised about ourselves”, in Mothership.SG‎, retrieved 2015-11-01:

     Let’s just buy bags for men and get the girls to tompang all their stuff in there.

   • 2015-04-01, Victor Loh, “New app allows you to earn money when you 'tompang'”, in AsiaOne Digital‎, retrieved 2015-11-01:

     While you were probably doing someone a favour then, you can now make some money when you help to 'tompang'.

2. (Singapore, informal) To hitch a ride.
   • 2009, The Coxford Singlish dictionary, page 195:

     Eh, my wife took my car today. Can I tumpang your car to work?

   • 2015-08-29, Adela Megan Willy, “Just Tumpang lah!”, in Motorme.my‎, retrieved 2015-11-01:

     If you need a short ride within the neighbourhood, just tumpang la.

3. (Singapore, informal) To append something to proposal.
   • 2015-07-15, Nur Asyiqin Mohamad Salleh, “WP MPs object to change in selection process for board”, in The Straits Times‎, retrieved 2015-11-01:

     Party chief Low Thia Khiang said that, while they support the name change to honour Encik Yusof, "we cannot square with the change(s) that are being 'tompang' (piggybacked) with the name change."

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Noun

tompang

1. grasshopper