titah
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈti.tah/
- Rhymes: -tah
- Hyphenation: ti‧tah
Etymology 1
Inherited from Malay titah. Compare Javanese ꦠꦶꦠꦃ (titah, “pronouncement, order; destiny; creation; creature”).
Noun
titah (plural titah-titah)
Derived terms
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦺꦠꦃ (tétah, “to hold children as they learn to walk”).
Verb
titah
- to hold children as they learn to walk
Alternative forms
- tatah
- tatih
Derived terms
- menitah
- menitah-nitah
Further reading
- “titah” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
titah
- romanization of ꦠꦶꦠꦃ
Malay
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /titah/
- Rhymes: -itah, -tah, -ah
- (Johor-Riau) IPA(key): [ˈt̪i.t̪äh]
Noun
titah (Jawi spelling تيته, plural titah-titah)
Derived terms
Affixed terms and other derivations
Regular affixed derivations:
- menitahkan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
- bertitah [stative / habitual] (beR-)
Descendants
- Indonesian: titah
Further reading
- “titah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Old Javanese
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ti.tah/
- Rhymes: -tah
- Hyphenation: ti‧tah
Noun
titah
- arrangement, ordering, formation, disposition
- fixed condition, preordained state, predestination
Derived terms
- anitah
- atitah
- panitah
- patitah
- tinitah
- tumitah
Descendants
Further reading
- "titah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.