patah

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pataq (“break, broken, cut through”).[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈpatah/ [ˈpa.t̪ah]
    • Audio (Malaysia):(file)
  • Rhymes: -atah, -tah, -ah
  • Hyphenation: pa‧tah

Verb

patah (Jawi spelling ڤاته)

  1. To split or snap (of hard objects).
    Meja aku patah.
    My table snapped.
  2. (figurative) To come to a stop.
    Perjalanan aku patah selepas kena tahan polis.
    My journey came to a stop after I was arrested by police.

Noun

patah (Jawi spelling ڤاته, plural patah-patah)

  1. Counter word for words.
    sepatah kata ― one word
    dua patah kata ― two words
    beberapa patah kata ― a few words
  2. A type of herbal plant.

Affixations

Compounds

  • patah arang
  • patah balik
  • patah batu, patah hati
  • patah hati
  • patah jetam
  • patah kaki
  • patah lagu
  • patah lidah
  • patah mayang
  • patah nafsu, patah selera
  • patah perang
  • patah pucuk
  • patah riuk
  • patah said
  • patah semangat
  • patah siku
  • patah tulang
  • sepatah dua kata

Descendants

  • > Indonesian: patah (inherited)

References

  1. ^ Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*pataq”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Further reading

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