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 (to be certain or sure about (something))
2. to know (to have knowledge of)

   Aku tahu di mana buku itu berada. ― I know where that book is.

3. to know (to be aware of; to be cognizant of)
4. to know (to have knowledge; to have information, be informed)
5. (colloquial) to know (to experience)

Conjugation

Conjugation of tahu (memper-, transitive, irregular)
Root	tahu
	Active	Involuntary	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 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

 

Related terms

• tofu (specifically soft or extra-soft unpressed fresh tofu)

Further reading

• “tahu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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):

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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:

• ketahuilah
• mengetahui (“to find out”)
• pengetahuan (“knowledge”)
• tahu-menahu

Descendants

• Indonesian: tahu

Further reading

• “tahu” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

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 .

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