tahan

See also: tähän

English

Etymology

From Malay tahan.

Verb

tahan (third-person singular simple present tahans, present participle tahaning, simple past and past participle tahaned)

  1. (Malaysia, Singapore, colloquial) To endure; to bear.

Anagrams


Estonian

Verb

tahan

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tahtma

Malay

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ta.han/
  • Hyphenation: ta‧han

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austronesian *taqan (to hold back, to keep in reserve). Cognate with Tagalog taan (to reserve, to save for other people for some future time).

Verb

tahan (Jawi spelling تاهن)

  1. to endure, to bear, to withstand, to resist
    tahan laparto endure hunger
    tahan sakitto 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
Derived terms
Descendants

Etymology 2

From Proto-Austronesian *taqan, *taqen (to set a trap, to set a snare). Cognate with Tagalog taan (a kind of fish trap used for catching fish on coral reefs).

Verb

tahan (Jawi spelling تاهن, used in the form menahan)

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

Noun

tahan (Jawi spelling تاهن, plural tahan-tahan, informal first-person possessive tahanku, informal second-person possessive tahanmu, third-person possessive tahannya)

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

Tagalog

Verb

tahan

  1. to stop crying
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