getah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay getah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gətəq (“sap, gummy secretion”), *-təq (“sap, gummy secretion”). Semantic loan from Dutch sap for the sense of biological fluid, biological juice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɡəˈtah]
  • Hyphenation: gê‧tah

Noun

gêtah (plural getah-getah)

  1. sap: the juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition
  2. latex: the milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber
    Synonym: lateks
  3. (biology) fluid, juice: a clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph)
    Synonym: cecair (Malaysian)

Derived terms

  • bergetah
  • menggetah
  • penggetahan
  • pergetahan
  • tergetah
  • getah bening
  • getah cerna
  • getah keping
  • getah lambung
  • getah manggis
  • getah padu
  • getah pankreas
  • getah pinus
  • getah purwa
  • getah susu
  • getah terap
  • getah upil

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gətəq (“sap, gummy secretion”), *-təq (“sap, gummy secretion”). Semantic loan from Dutch sap for the sense of biological fluid, biological juice.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɡətah/
  • Rhymes: -ətah, -tah, -ah

Noun

getah (Jawi spelling ݢته, plural getah-getah)

  1. latex, gum: the milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air.
    Potong buah sukun ni kena berhati-hati sikit, getahnya senang melekat kat tangan.
    Careful with cutting breadfruit, its sap sticks easily on the hands.
  2. (Riau) sap: the juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
    Synonyms: air, cecair
  3. (uncountable, countable, except Indonesia) rubber:
    1. pliable material derived from coagulated sap of introduced Hevea brasiliensis; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene.
      Synonym: karet
    2. Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber.
      Synonym: lateks

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • tergetah [agentless action] (teR-)
  • bergetah (“taut, rubbery (of skin)”) [stative / habitual] (beR-)

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ݢته gĕtah”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 100
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ݢته gĕtah”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 562
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “gĕtah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 364-4

Further reading

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