tahan

From Malay tahan.

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈta.han/, [ˈta˧.han˦]

tahan (invariable)

1. (colloquial, Malaysia, Singapore) To endure; to bear.
   • 2017, Wong Kim Hoh, It Changed My Life: What Tan Swie Hian wants - a free mind, The Sunday Times:

     "Many local artists cannot tahan me," he says, using the Malay word for "tolerate". "If you live next to Picasso, can you tahan or not?"

   • 2017, Zhangxin Zheng, Here’s why you shouldn’t be alarmed by pictures of “flooding” in Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Mothership.sg

     The 3.2km meandering naturalised river at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park used to be a 2.7 km long straight concrete Kallang channel in the past, which would not otherwise have been able to tahan as much rainwater as it now does.

   • 2017, 8 Things Malaysians Immediately Do When They Get a New Car... Which One Have You Done?, CILISOS (Current Issues Tambah Pedas)

     If you’re buying a new car, especially a better one than your previous, it’s gonna be able to tahan your need for speed. Step on the pedal only la, why so kancheong?

• buay tahan

• tanha, tanah, athan, Atnah, thana, Anath, Thana, Athan, Ahtna

tahan

1. first-person singular present indicative of tahtma

Inherited from Malay tahan, from Proto-Malayic *tahan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtahan/ [ˈt̪a.han]
• Rhymes: -ahan
• Syllabification: ta‧han

tahan (active menahan, passive ditahan)

1. to endure, tolerate
2. to hold (to grasp or grip)
3. to hold, have, keep or save
4. to hold, detain
5. to hold, restrain
6. to hold back (to contain)

tahan (comparative lebih tahan, superlative paling tahan)

1. durable, strong, tolerate
2. resistant
3. synonym of cukup (“enough, sufficient”)

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

• “tahan” 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.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtahan/ [ˈt̪a.han]
• Hyphenation: ta‧han
• Rhymes: -ahan

From Proto-Malayic *tahan, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan.

tahan (Jawi spelling تاهن)

1. to endure, to bear, to withstand, to resist

   tahan lapar ― to endure hunger

   tahan sakit ― to endure the pain

2. to be lasting, to be persisting (in)
3. to be sufficient (for a certain period)
4. (of an object) to be firm, to be strong
5. (of a disease) to improve, to be on the mend

• Indonesian: tahan
• → Cantonese: 打限 (daa² haan⁶)
• → English: tahan
• → Min Nan: 打限 (tá-hān)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan, *taqan, from Proto-Austronesian *taqan (“to set a trap, to set a snare”).

tahan (Jawi spelling تاهن)

1. to cast a net (to catch fish), to set a trap (to catch animal, fish, etc.)

tahan (Jawi spelling تاهن, plural tahan-tahan)

1. (navigation) a rope installed from the top of a mast to the rear of a boat

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

Possibly borrowed from Malay tahan (“holding out against; resistance; restraint; to sustain”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back, to keep in reserve”).^[1] Possible doublet of taan.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtahan/ [ˈt̪aː.hɐn̪], /taˈhan/ [t̪ɐˈhan̪] (noun, interjection)
    • Rhymes: -ahan, -an
  • IPA^(key): /taˈhan/ [t̪ɐˈhan̪] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ta‧han

tahan or tahán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜈ᜔)

1. stopping from crying
2. (loosely) stopping; ceasing (of rain, running, etc.)

   Synonyms: hinto, tigil, humpay, tugot, likat, paghinto, pagtigil, paghumpay, pagtugot, paglikat

3. temporary suspension (of work)

   Synonyms: pagkatigil, pagkapatigil, pagkahinto, pagkapahinto

tahan or tahán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜈ᜔)

1. said to someone crying to stop crying: stop crying!

tahán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜈ᜔)

1. no longer crying (especially of a baby or child)
2. not moving; resting; at rest

   Synonyms: tigil, nakatigil, hinto, nakahinto

3. not working; resting

   Synonyms: namamahinga, nagpapahinga

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tahan (“abode, place of residence”), from a metathesis of Proto-Austronesian *taNaS (“village; place of residence”).^[2]

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtahan/ [ˈt̪aː.hɐn̪], /taˈhan/ [t̪ɐˈhan̪]
• Rhymes: -ahan, -an
• Syllabification: ta‧han

tahan or tahán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜈ᜔)

1. residing; living (in a house, etc.)

   Synonyms: tira, pagtira, paninirahan

2. temporary stay or sojourn

   Synonyms: tuloy, pagtuloy, panunulayan

3. staying of water in a low place (as after rain)

   Synonym: pamamahay

• “tahan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

tahan

1. flap
2. leaf
3. page