tarah

See also: Tarah

Big Nambas

Noun

tarah

  1. (used by women in circumstances where nauei was taboo) water

Synonyms

References

  • The Oceanic Languages (2013, →ISBN, citing Fox 1996

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay tarah, from Proto-Malayic *tarah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *taʀaq (“to hew wood with an adze”).

Pronunciation

Verb

tarah

  1. (stative) to be planed (of a piece of wood)

Derived terms

  • bertarah
  • ditarah
  • menarah
  • penarah
  • penarahan
  • tarahan

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *tarah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *taʀaq (“to hew wood with an adze”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈtarah/ [ˈt̪a.rah]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧rah

Verb

tarah (Jawi spelling تاره)

  1. to smooth or level wood with a knife
  2. planing with an adze; shaping, rough-hewing

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

  • penarah [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure] (peN-)
  • penarahan [agentive / qualitative / instrumental / abstract / measure + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peN- + -an)
  • tarahan [resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (-an)
  • menarah [agent focus] (meN-)
  • ditarah [patient focus] (di-)
  • tertarah [agentless action] (teR-)
  • bertarah [stative / habitual] (beR-)

Descendants

  • Indonesian: tarah

Further reading

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