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 tidak tahu. ― I do not know.

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