tahu

From Proto-Uto-Aztecan *tap.

tahu (plural tathu)

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

• tahulena
• tahuqpu

From Malay tahu, from Proto-Malayic *tahu(ʔ), from Proto-Malayo-Chamic, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqu, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqu.

tahu

1. to know (to be certain or sure about (something))
2. to know (to have knowledge of)

   Aku tidak tahu.

   I do not know.

3. to know (to be aware of; to be cognizant of)
4. to know (to have knowledge; to have information, be informed)
5. (colloquial) to know (to experience)

Borrowed from Hokkien 豆腐 (tāu-hū, “tofu, bean curd”), from Middle Chinese 豆 (dùw, “bean”) + 腐 (bjú, “rotten, fermented”). Compare Japanese 豆腐 (とうふ, tōfu, “tofu, bean curd”).

• IPA^(key): /ta.hu/
• Hyphenation: ta‧hu

tahu

1. tofu

• tofu

• tofu

• “tahu” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

• tau (nonstandard spelling)
• تاهو‎

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

• IPA^(key): /tahu/
• Rhymes: -ahu, -hu, -u

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.

• diketahui
• ketahuan
• ketahuilah
• mengetahui
• pengetahuan
• tahu-menahu

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