Considering that the three words tutor, mentor, and tentor are used almost interchangeably, could 'tentor' be a neologism based on tentir and influenced by 'mentor' and probably also 'tutor'? Hybrid Dutch-English constructions are quite common nowadays. While searching for 'mentor' I came across the following passage: Guru adalah pendidik dan pengajar pada pendidikan anak usia dini jalur sekolah atau pendidikan formal, pendidikan dasar, dan pendidikan menengah. Guru-guru seperti ini harus mempunyai semacam kualifikasi formal, antara lain: * Dosen * Mentor * Tentor * Tutor On 21 April 2011 18:00, BAHASA automatic digest system < [log in to unmask]> wrote: > There is 1 message totalling 33 lines in this issue. > > Topics of the day: > > 1. Dari mana kata Tentor? > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Date: Thu, 21 Apr 2011 11:09:21 +0200 > From: Waruno Mahdi <[log in to unmask]> > Subject: Re: Dari mana kata Tentor? > > Well, it's _tentir_ that was borrowed from Dutch, and thus reveals some > acquaintance with that language (quite normal amongst intellectuals and > students in the 1950-s), > whereas _tentor_ seems indeed to be a recent concoction based on _tentir_, > and actually betrays practically zero knowledge of Dutch ;) > Meanwhile, I did some more looking up last night, and found that the > word _tenteren_ was not borrowed into Dutch from Latin _tentare_, > but apparently from French _tenter_ 'to attempt, to tempt' instead, > that in turn originates from the Latin. > > -- Waruno > > > > > Those seem to be reasonable conclusions, but what is especially > interesting > > is the relatively late appearance or re-emergence of _tentor_ if indeed > > from _tentir_, considering how few Indonesians now have any useful > command > > of Dutch. It is still a bit of a puzzle in that respect. After being > here > > for nearly 30 years I first encountered it only last year. One more > > possibility: it could have been a regional term that only spread with > the > > saturation of the Internet in society. I Googled and found a lot of > > advertisements for tentor in the sense of a private teacher or tutor. > > > > Thanks//Ray > > ------------------------------ > > End of BAHASA Digest - 20 Apr 2011 to 21 Apr 2011 (#2011-2) > *********************************************************** > -- Dr. Uli Kozok Associate Professor Indonesian-Malay Language Program 2540 Maile Way, Spalding 255 Honolulu, HI 96822, USA Tel: +1.808. 956 7574 Fax: +1.808. 956 5978 http://www.hawaii.edu/indolang http://bahasa.net/online