tajam

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tajam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tazəm, from Proto-Austronesian *Cazəm.

  • Semantic loan from Dutch scherp (“sharp”) for sharp sense except sense 1
  • The sense in firearm is a semantic loan from Japanese 実(じつ) (jitsu, “real, true”).

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈtad͡ʒam/ [ˈt̪a.d͡ʒam]
  • Rhymes: -ad͡ʒam
  • Syllabification: ta‧jam

Adjective

tajam

  1. sharp:
    1. terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily
      Synonyms: runcing, lancip
      senjata tajam. ― Sharp weapon
    2. intelligent
      pikirannya tajam ― His mind is sharp
      Synonym: cerdas
    3. offensive, critical, or acrimonious
      kritik tajam ― sharp criticism
      Synonyms: keras, pedas
    4. acute: forming a small angle, angle of less than ninety degrees
      tikungan tajam ― sharp turn
      Synonyms: akut, lancip
  2. in focus, clearly visible, not blurry
  3. real, clear
    Synonyms: nyata, jelas
    1. (of firearms or explosives) live: capable of causing harm
      peluru tajam ― live ammunition

Derived terms

  • ketajaman
  • mempertajam
  • menajam
  • menajamkan
  • penajam
  • penajaman
  • tertajam
  • tajam mata
  • tajam mulut
  • tajam otak
  • tajam pikiran
  • tajam selera
  • tajam siasat
  • tajam tilik

Further reading

Latvian

Noun

tajam m

  1. dative singular of tajs

Lithuanian

Pronunciation 1

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪âː.jɛm/

Pronoun

tájam

  1. pronominal dative masculine singular of tas

Pronunciation 2

  • IPA(key): /ˈt̪ǎː.jɛm/, [t̪ˠäˈä.jɛmˠ]

Pronoun

tãjam

  1. alternative form of tãjame

Malay

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tazəm, from Proto-Austronesian *Cazəm.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtad͡ʒam/ [ˈt̪a.d͡ʒam]
  • Rhymes: -ad͡ʒam, -d͡ʒam, -am
  • Hyphenation: ta‧jam

Adjective

tajam (Jawi spelling تاجم)

  1. sharp:
    1. terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily
      Synonyms: runcing, lancip
      Antonym: tumpul
      senjata tajam ― sharp weapon
    2. intelligent
      Synonyms: cerdas, pintar, cerdik
      minda tajam ― sharp mind
    3. offensive, critical, or acrimonious
      kritik tajam ― sharp criticism
      Synonyms: keras, pedas
    4. acute: forming a small angle, angle of less than ninety degrees
      Synonyms: tirus, lancip
      penjuru tajam ― sharp corner
  2. in focus, clearly visible, not blurry
  3. real, clear
    Synonyms: nyata, jelas, ketara
  4. (of soap, smoke, acid, etc.) harmful
    asap tajam ― harmful smoke

Affixations

  • ketajaman (“sharpness”)
  • mempertajam (“to sharpen”)
  • menajam (“to become sharp”)
  • menajamkan (“to make sharp”)
  • penajaman (“process of making sharp”)

Compounds

  • tajam akal, tajam fikiran (“smart”)
  • tajam mata (“having sharp eyesight”)
  • tajam mulut (“foul-mouthed”)
  • tajam pendengaran (“having great hearing”)

Further reading

Sundanese

Noun

tajam (Sundanese script ᮒᮏᮙ᮪)

  1. (pathology) dysentery

References

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV tajam
Brazilian standard tajam
New Tribes tajam

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [taham]

Ideophone

tajam

  1. zooming

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “tajam”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon
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