tahu

== Balinese == === Etymology === From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu. === Verb === tahu (Balinese script ᬢᬳᬸ) to know to perceive; to see, hear == Czech == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈtaɦu] === Noun === tahu genitive/dative/vocative/locative singular of tah == Estonian == === Noun === tahu genitive singular of tahk == Hopi == === Etymology === From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tap. === Noun === tahu (plural tathu) tendon muscle (slang) Navajo ==== Derived terms ==== tahulena tahuqpu == Indonesian == === Etymology 1 === Inherited from Malay tahu, from Proto-Malayic *tahu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu. ==== Alternative forms ==== tau (colloquial) ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtahu/ [ˈt̪a.hu] Rhymes: -ahu Syllabification: ta‧hu IPA(key): /ˈtau̯/ [ˈt̪au̯] Rhymes: -au̯ Syllabification: tahu Note: The /h/ is often silent (except in its derivations) to differentiate it with the word of the etymology 2. ==== Verb ==== tahu to know (to be justifiably certain or sure about) to know (to have the knowledge of; to understand) to know (to be acquainted or familiar with) Synonym: kenal ==== Adverb ==== tahu (colloquial, figurative, used in a negative phrase) once, yet ===== Usage notes ===== This verb is defective, since it doesn't have active and passive forms, except in its transitive derivations ketahui and (less commonly) tahui. tahu is used with the meaning "to know, grasp, understand, be acquainted". While ketahui is used with the meaning "to know, find out about". ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Compounds ===== === Etymology 2 === 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. ==== Pronunciation ==== (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtahu/ [ˈt̪a.hu] Rhymes: -ahu Syllabification: ta‧hu ==== Noun ==== tahu (plural tahu) tofu ===== Usage notes ===== While tahu is a general word for the food, tofu is used to described tofu that has very soft texture. ===== Descendants ===== → Ternate: tahu === References === Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Caqu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI === Further reading === “tahu”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016 == Malay == === Alternative forms === tau (colloquial) === Etymology === From Proto-Malayic *tahu(ʔ), 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 === Verb === tahu (Jawi spelling تاهو) to know (be certain or sure about something) to know (have knowledge of) Aku tidak tahu. I do not know. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== Indonesian: tahu === Further reading === "tahu" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017 == Māori == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈtahu/ [ˈtɐhʉ] === Noun === tahu husband, lover near relative === References === “tahu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN. == Mori Bawah == === Verb === tahu (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 tofu (a protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk) === References === Rika Hayami-Allen (2001), A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh