tahu

tahu (Balinese script ᬢᬳᬸ)

1. to know
2. to perceive; to see, hear

• IPA^(key): [ˈtaɦu]

tahu

1. genitive/dative/vocative/locative singular of tah

tahu

1. genitive singular of tahk

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tap.

tahu (plural tathu)

1. tendon
2. muscle
3. (slang) Navajo

• tahulena
• tahuqpu

Inherited from Malay tahu, from Proto-Malayic *tahu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu.

• tau (colloquial)

• (Standard Indonesian)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtahu/ [ˈt̪a.hu]
    • Rhymes: -ahu
    • Syllabification: ta‧hu
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtau̯/ [ˈt̪au̯]
    • Rhymes: -au̯
    • Syllabification: tahu
• Note: The /h/ is often silent (except in its derivations) to differentiate it with the word of the etymology 2.

tahu

1. to know (to be justifiably certain or sure about)

   Aku belum tahu ujiannya kapan.

   I don't know when the exam is yet.

2. to know (to have the knowledge of; to understand)

   Kakaknya tahu bahasa Jawa.

   His sister knows Javanese.

3. to know (to be acquainted or familiar with)

   Synonym: kenal

   Kamu tahu Andi dari siapa?

   You know Andi from whom?

tahu

1. (colloquial, figurative, used in a negative phrase) once, yet

   Dia tidak tahu bolos.

   He never skips school.

   (literally, “He doesn't know (how to) skip school.”)

• This verb is defective, since it doesn't have active and passive forms, except in its transitive derivations ketahui and (less commonly) tahui.
• tahu is used with the meaning "to know, grasp, understand, be acquainted". While ketahui is used with the meaning "to know, find out about".

From Malay tauhu, from Hokkien 豆腐 (tāu-hū, “tofu, bean curd”), from Middle Chinese 豆 (dùw, “bean”) + 腐 (bjú, “rotten, fermented”). Doublet of tofu.

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtahu/ [ˈt̪a.hu]
• Rhymes: -ahu
• Syllabification: ta‧hu

tahu (plural tahu)

1. tofu

   Ibu sedang membuat tahu bacem.

   Mother is making braised tofu.

While tahu is a general word for the food, tofu is used to described tofu that has very soft texture.

• → Ternate: tahu

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

• “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.

• tau (colloquial)

From Proto-Malayic *tahu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu.

First attested in the Talang Tuo inscription, 684 AD, as Old Malay [script needed] (tāhu).

• IPA^(key): /tahu/

• Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -ahu

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.

• Indonesian: tahu

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

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

tahu

1. husband, lover
2. near relative

• “tahu” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

tahu

1. (stative) to be over there, somewhere remote and at a higher elevation then the speaker and hearer

• The Austronesian Languages of Asia and Madagascar (2013, →ISBN, page 695-6

From Indonesian tahu, from Hokkien 豆腐 (tāu-hū).

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.hu]

tahu

1. tofu (a protein-rich food made from curdled soy milk)

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh