"tahu" meaning in Malay

See tahu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /tahu/ Audio: Ms-MY-tahu.ogg Forms: تاهو [Jawi]
Rhymes: -ahu, -hu, -u 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). Etymology templates: {{inh|ms|poz-mly-pro|*tahu(ʔ)}} Proto-Malayic *tahu(ʔ), {{inh|ms|poz-mcm-pro|-}} Proto-Malayo-Chamic, {{inh|ms|poz-msa-pro|-}} Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, {{inh|ms|poz-pro|*taqu}} Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, {{inh|ms|map-pro|*Caqu}} Proto-Austronesian *Caqu, {{m+|ms-old||tr=tāhu}} Old Malay [script needed] (tāhu) Head templates: {{ms-verb|j=تاهو}} tahu (Jawi spelling تاهو)
  1. to know (be certain or sure about something) Categories (topical): Thinking
    Sense id: en-tahu-ms-verb-GjIrSb-t Disambiguation of Thinking: 50 50 Categories (other): Malay entries with incorrect language header, Malay verbs without transitivity Disambiguation of Malay entries with incorrect language header: 74 26 Disambiguation of Malay verbs without transitivity: 58 42
  2. to know (have knowledge of) Categories (topical): Thinking
    Sense id: en-tahu-ms-verb-gGK-guMq Disambiguation of Thinking: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: tau [informal] Derived forms: diketahui [passive + causative benefactive + patient focus] (alt: ke- + -i + di-) [locative], ketahuan [resemblance (alt: ke-an), passive] (ke-an) (alt: ke-an), ketahuilah, mengetahui (english: to find out), pengetahuan (english: knowledge), tahu-menahu

Alternative forms

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  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "ke- + -i + di-",
      "tags": [
        "locative"
      ],
      "word": "diketahui [passive + causative benefactive + patient focus]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "ke-an",
      "word": "ketahuan [resemblance"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "alt": "ke-an",
      "roman": "ke-an",
      "word": "passive]"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "ketahuilah"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "to find out",
      "word": "mengetahui"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "knowledge",
      "word": "pengetahuan"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "tahu-menahu"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "tahu",
            "inh": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "> Indonesian: tahu (inherited)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "> Indonesian: tahu (inherited)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-mly-pro",
        "3": "*tahu(ʔ)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayic *tahu(ʔ)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-mcm-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Chamic",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-msa-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*taqu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*Caqu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *Caqu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms-old",
        "2": "",
        "tr": "tāhu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Malay [script needed] (tāhu)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayic *tahu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu.\nFirst attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tāhu).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "تاهو",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "تاهو"
      },
      "expansion": "tahu (Jawi spelling تاهو)",
      "name": "ms-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "74 26",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "58 42",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Malay verbs without transitivity",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ms",
          "name": "Thinking",
          "orig": "ms:Thinking",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know (be certain or sure about something)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tahu-ms-verb-GjIrSb-t",
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "ms",
          "name": "Thinking",
          "orig": "ms:Thinking",
          "parents": [
            "Mind",
            "Human",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I do not know.",
          "text": "Aku tidak tahu."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know (have knowledge of)"
      ],
      "id": "en-tahu-ms-verb-gGK-guMq",
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tahu/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ahu"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-hu"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ms-MY-tahu.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/Ms-MY-tahu.ogg/Ms-MY-tahu.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Ms-MY-tahu.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "tau"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Talang Tuo inscription"
  ],
  "word": "tahu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Malay entries with incorrect language header",
    "Malay lemmas",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayic",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Chamic",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Malay terms derived from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Austronesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayic",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Chamic",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian",
    "Malay terms inherited from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan",
    "Malay verbs",
    "Malay verbs without transitivity",
    "Pages with 7 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for native script for Old Malay terms",
    "Rhymes:Malay/ahu",
    "Rhymes:Malay/hu",
    "Rhymes:Malay/u",
    "ms:Thinking"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "alt": "ke- + -i + di-",
      "tags": [
        "locative"
      ],
      "word": "diketahui [passive + causative benefactive + patient focus]"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ke-an",
      "word": "ketahuan [resemblance"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ke-an",
      "roman": "ke-an",
      "word": "passive]"
    },
    {
      "word": "ketahuilah"
    },
    {
      "english": "to find out",
      "word": "mengetahui"
    },
    {
      "english": "knowledge",
      "word": "pengetahuan"
    },
    {
      "word": "tahu-menahu"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "id",
            "2": "tahu",
            "inh": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "> Indonesian: tahu (inherited)",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "> Indonesian: tahu (inherited)"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-mly-pro",
        "3": "*tahu(ʔ)"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayic *tahu(ʔ)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-mcm-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Chamic",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-msa-pro",
        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "poz-pro",
        "3": "*taqu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms",
        "2": "map-pro",
        "3": "*Caqu"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Austronesian *Caqu",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ms-old",
        "2": "",
        "tr": "tāhu"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Malay [script needed] (tāhu)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Malayic *tahu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu.\nFirst attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tāhu).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "تاهو",
      "tags": [
        "Jawi"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "j": "تاهو"
      },
      "expansion": "tahu (Jawi spelling تاهو)",
      "name": "ms-verb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Malay",
  "lang_code": "ms",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to know (be certain or sure about something)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I do not know.",
          "text": "Aku tidak tahu."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to know (have knowledge of)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "know",
          "know"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/tahu/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ahu"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-hu"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-u"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Ms-MY-tahu.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/9/9f/Ms-MY-tahu.ogg/Ms-MY-tahu.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/9/9f/Ms-MY-tahu.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "tau"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "Talang Tuo inscription"
  ],
  "word": "tahu"
}

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