tahan
English
Pronunciation
- (Singapore) IPA(key): /ta.hʌn/
Verb
tahan (no third-person singular simple present, no present participle, simple past and past participle tahan)
- (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) To endure; to bear.
- 2017, Wong Kim Hoh, It Changed My Life: What Tan Swie Hian wants - a free mind, The Sunday Times
- "Many local artists cannot tahan me," he says, using the Malay word for "tolerate". "If you live next to Picasso, can you tahan or not?"
- 2017, Zhangxin Zheng, Here’s why you shouldn’t be alarmed by pictures of “flooding” in Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Mothership.sg
- The 3.2km meandering naturalised river at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park used to be a 2.7 km long straight concrete Kallang channel in the past, which would not otherwise have been able to tahan as much rainwater as it now does.
- 2017, 8 Things Malaysians Immediately Do When They Get a New Car... Which One Have You Done?, CILISOS (Current Issues Tambah Pedas)
- If you’re buying a new car, especially a better one than your previous, it’s gonna be able to tahan your need for speed. Step on the pedal only la, why so kancheong?
- 2017, Wong Kim Hoh, It Changed My Life: What Tan Swie Hian wants - a free mind, The Sunday Times
Estonian
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tahan, from Classical Malay تاهن (tahan), from Proto-Malayic *tahən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back, to keep in reserve”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈtahan]
- Hyphenation: ta‧han
Hyponyms
- tahan air
- tahan api
- tahan banting
- tahan besi
- tahan cuaca
- tahan cuci
- tahan gelombang
- tahan harga
- tahan hati
- tahan hidup
- tahan hina
- tahan karat
- tahan kias
- tahan lama
- tahan lapar
- tahan lasak
- tahan malu
- tahan ombak
- tahan palu
- tahan peluru
- tahan pukul
- tahan sabar
- tahan sesah
- tahan tangan
- tahan tapa
- tahan turut
- tahan uji
Derived terms
- bertahan
- bertahan-tahan
- kebertahanan
- ketahanan
- mempertahankan
- menahan
- menahani
- menahankan
- pemertahanan
- penahan
- penahanan
- pertahanan
- tahanan
- tertahan
- tertahankan
- tertahan-tahan
Further reading
- “tahan” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ta.han/, [ˈt̪ähän]
- Hyphenation: ta‧han
- Rhymes: -han, -an
Etymology 1
From Proto-Malayic *tahən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back, to keep in reserve”).
Verb
tahan (Jawi spelling تاهن)
- to endure, to bear, to withstand, to resist
- tahan lapar ― to endure hunger
- tahan sakit ― to endure the pain
- to be lasting, to be persisting (in)
- to be sufficient (for a certain period)
- (of an object) to be firm, to be strong
- (of a disease) to improve, to be on the mend
Derived terms
Regular affixed derivations:
- bertahan (“to be holding fast to”) [stative / habitual] (beR-)
- dipertahankan (“to be persisted”) [causative passive + patient focus + causative benefactive] (peR- + di- + -kan)
- pertahan (“to be held back”) [causative passive] (peR-)
- pertahani (“to be controlled”) [causative passive + causative (locative) benefactive] (peR- + -i)
- pertahankan (“to be endured”) [causative passive + causative benefactive] (peR- + -kan)
- ketahanan (“defensiveness; durability”) [abstract / locative] (ke-an)
- memertahankan (“to maintain; to preserve”) [causative passive + agent focus + causative benefactive] (peR- + meN- + -kan)
- menahan (“to block; to hold back”) [agent focus] (meN-)
- menahani (“to block; to control”) [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
- menahankan (“to make something durable”) [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- penahan (“defender”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
- penahanan (“defending; controlling”) [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
- pertahan (“defence”) [causative passive] (peR-)
- tahanan (“hindrance; obstacle”) [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
- tahankan (“to cause something or someone to block”) [causative benefactive] (-kan)
- tertahan (“to be able to block”) [agentless action] (teR-)
- tertahani (“to be controllable”) [agentless action + causative (locative) benefactive] (teR- + -i)
- tertahan-tahan (“(already be) off and on; disjointed(ly)”) [reduplication + agentless action] (redup + teR-)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan, *taqən, from Proto-Austronesian *taqan (“to set a trap, to set a snare”).
Verb
tahan (Jawi spelling تاهن)
Derived terms
Regular affixed derivations:
- tertahan (“(already be) cast a net”) [agentless action] (teR-)
Noun
tahan (Jawi spelling تاهن, plural tahan-tahan, informal 1st possessive tahanku, 2nd possessive tahanmu, 3rd possessive tahannya)
Further reading
- “tahan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Tagalog
Etymology 1
Possibly borrowed from Malay tahan (“holding out against; resistance; restraint; to sustain”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back, to keep in reserve”). Possible doublet of taan.
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ta‧han
- IPA(key): /ˈtahan/, [ˈta.hɐn] (noun, interjection)
- IPA(key): /taˈhan/, [tɐˈhan]
Noun
tahan or tahán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜈ᜔)
Derived terms
- itahan
- magpatahan
- magtahan
- makapagpatahan
- pagtahan
- patahanin
- tumahan
Interjection
tahan or tahán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜈ᜔)
Adjective
tahán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜈ᜔)
Etymology 2
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tahan (“abode, place of residence”), from a metathesis of Proto-Austronesian *taNaS (“village; place of residence”).
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ta‧han
- IPA(key): /ˈtahan/, [ˈta.hɐn]
- IPA(key): /taˈhan/, [tɐˈhan]
Noun
tahan or tahán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜈ᜔)
Derived terms
- haligi ng tahanan
- ilaw ng tahanan
- itahan
- magpatahan
- makapagpatahan
- manahan
- matatahanan
- pagtahan
- pagtahan
- panahanan
- pananahanan
- pantahanan
- patahanan
- patahanin
- patahanin
- tahanan
- tumahan