tahu

See also: tahů and tahʉ

Czech

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈtaɦu]

Noun

tahu

  1. genitive/dative/vocative/locative singular of tah

Estonian

Noun

tahu

  1. genitive singular of tahk

Hopi

Etymology

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tap.

Noun

tahu (plural tathu)

  1. tendon
  2. muscle
  3. (slang) Navajo

Derived terms
  • tahulena
  • tahuqpu

Indonesian

Etymology 1

From Malay tahu, from Proto-Malayic *tahu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈtau/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧hu
  • Notes: In the locative forms of tahu, the pronunciation with -h- (/məŋəˈtahu(w)i/, ...) is acceptable, but not in other conjugated forms.

Verb

tahu

  1. to know
    1. To understand or have a grasp of through experience or study.
      Aku tahu cara memperbaiki ponsel ini.
      I know how to fix this phone.
    2. (stative) to be aware of; to be cognizant of.
    3. (stative) to have knowledge; to have information, be informed.
    4. (stative, colloquial) to experience.
Conjugation
Conjugation of tahu (memper-, transitive, irregular)
Root tahu
Active Involuntary /
Perfective		 Passive Basic /
Imperative		 Jussive
Active – – – tahulah tahu
Locative mengetahui terketahui diketahui ketahuilah ketahuilah
Causative / Applicative1 – – – – –
Causative
Active mempertahu terpertahu dipertahu pertahulah pertahu
Locative mempertahui terpertahui dipertahui pertahuilah pertahui
Causative / Applicative1 mempertahukan terpertahukan dipertahukan pertahukanlah pertahukan
1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
Notes:
Unusually among Indonesian verbs, this verb takes the prefix ke- in some forms.
Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.
Alternative forms
  • tau (nonstandard)

Affixed terms
  • berpengetahuan
  • bertahu-tahu
  • bertahuan
  • bertahukan
  • ketahu
  • ketahuan
  • menahui
  • mengetahui
  • pengetahuan
  • sepengetahuan
  • setahu
  • tahu-menahu
  • tahu-tahu

Etymology 2
tahu

From Malay tauhu, from Hokkien 豆腐 (tāu-hū, “tofu, bean curd”), from Middle Chinese 豆 (dùw, “bean”) + 腐 (bjú, “rotten, fermented”). Doublet of tofu from Japanese 豆腐 (とうふ, tōfu, “tofu, bean curd”). Compare Tagalog taho.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈta.hu/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧hu

Noun

tahu

  1. tofu, specifically (extra-)firm pressed fresh tofu.
Alternative forms
  • tauhu (Brunei, Malaysia, Singapore)

Compounds
  • tahu bacem
  • tahu campur
  • tahu cina
  • tahu gejrot
  • tahu guling
  • tahu gunting
  • tahu isi
  • tahu jepang
  • tahu kediri
  • tahu kok
  • tahu kupat
  • tahu petis
  • tahu pong
  • tahu sumedang
  • tahu susu
  • tahu sutra
  • tahu takwa
  • tahu tek
  • tofu (specifically soft or extra-soft unpressed fresh tofu)

Further reading

Malay

Alternative forms
  • tau (nonstandard spelling)

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tahu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu.

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tāhu).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /tahu/
  • Rhymes: -ahu, -hu, -u
  • Audio (MY)(file)

Verb

tahu (Jawi spelling تاهو)

  1. to know (be certain or sure about something)
  2. to know (have knowledge of)
    Aku tidak tahu.
    I do not know.

Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • diketahui [passive + causative (locative) benefactive + patient focus] (ke- + -i + di-)
  • ketahuan [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)

Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

Descendants
  • Indonesian: tahu

Further reading

Mori Bawah

Verb

tahu

  1. (stative) to be over there, somewhere remote and at a higher elevation then the speaker and hearer

References
  • The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 695-6

Ternate

Etymology

From Indonesian tahu, from Hokkien 豆腐 (tāu-hū).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): [ˈta.hu]

Noun

tahu

  1. tofu

References
  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
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