tahan

From Malay tahan.

• (Singapore) IPA^(key): /ˈta.han/, [ˈta˧.han˦]

tahan (invariable)

1. (colloquial, Malaysia, Singapore) To endure; to bear.
   • 2017, Wong Kim Hoh, It Changed My Life: What Tan Swie Hian wants - a free mind, The Sunday Times:

     "Many local artists cannot tahan me," he says, using the Malay word for "tolerate". "If you live next to Picasso, can you tahan or not?"

   • 2017, Zhangxin Zheng, Here’s why you shouldn’t be alarmed by pictures of “flooding” in Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park, Mothership.sg

     The 3.2km meandering naturalised river at Bishan-Ang Mo Kio Park used to be a 2.7 km long straight concrete Kallang channel in the past, which would not otherwise have been able to tahan as much rainwater as it now does.

   • 2017, 8 Things Malaysians Immediately Do When They Get a New Car... Which One Have You Done?, CILISOS (Current Issues Tambah Pedas)

     If you’re buying a new car, especially a better one than your previous, it’s gonna be able to tahan your need for speed. Step on the pedal only la, why so kancheong?

• buay tahan

• Ahtna, Anath, Athan, athan, tanah, tanha, thana

tahan

1. first-person singular present indicative of tahtma

From Malay tahan, from Classical Malay تاهن (tahan), from Proto-Malayic *tahən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back, to keep in reserve”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈtahan/, [ˈt̪a.han]
• Hyphenation: ta‧han
• Rhymes: -han, -an, -n

tahan

1. durable
2. strong
3. tolerate

   Synonym: betah

4. enough, sufficient

   Synonym: cukup

5. resistant

• “tahan” 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.

• IPA^(key): /ta.han/, [ˈt̪ähän]
• Hyphenation: ta‧han
• Rhymes: -han, -an

From Proto-Malayic *tahən, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back, to keep in reserve”).

tahan (Jawi spelling تاهن)

1. to endure, to bear, to withstand, to resist

   tahan lapar ― to endure hunger

   tahan sakit ― to 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

• Indonesian: tahan
• → Cantonese: 打限 (daa² haan⁶)
• → English: tahan
• → Min Nan: 打限 (tá-hān)

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan, *taqən, from Proto-Austronesian *taqan (“to set a trap, to set a snare”).

tahan (Jawi spelling تاهن)

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

tahan (Jawi spelling تاهن, plural tahan-tahan, informal 1st possessive tahanku, 2nd possessive tahanmu, 3rd possessive tahannya)

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

• “tahan” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Possibly borrowed from Malay tahan (“holding out against; resistance; restraint; to sustain”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqan (“to hold back, to keep in reserve”).[1] Possible doublet of taan.

• (Standard Tagalog)
  • IPA^(key): /ˈtahan/ [ˈta.hɐn], /taˈhan/ [tɐˈhan] (noun, interjection)
    • Rhymes: -ahan, -an
  • IPA^(key): /taˈhan/ [tɐˈhan] (adjective)
    • Rhymes: -an
• Syllabification: ta‧han

tahan or tahán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜈ᜔)

1. stopping from crying
2. (loosely) stopping; ceasing (of rain, running, etc.)

   Synonyms: hinto, tigil, humpay, tugot, likat, paghinto, pagtigil, paghumpay, pagtugot, paglikat

3. temporary suspension (of work)

   Synonyms: pagkatigil, pagkapatigil, pagkahinto, pagkapahinto

tahan or tahán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜈ᜔)

1. said to someone crying to stop crying: stop crying!

tahán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜈ᜔)

1. no longer crying (especially of a baby or child)
2. not moving; resting; at rest

   Synonyms: tigil, nakatigil, hinto, nakahinto

3. not working; resting

   Synonyms: namamahinga, nagpapahinga

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tahan (“abode, place of residence”), from a metathesis of Proto-Austronesian *taNaS (“village; place of residence”).[2]

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈtahan/ [ˈta.hɐn], /taˈhan/ [tɐˈhan]
• Rhymes: -ahan, -an
• Syllabification: ta‧han

tahan or tahán (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜑᜈ᜔)

1. residing; living (in a house, etc.)

   Synonyms: tira, pagtira, paninirahan

2. temporary stay or sojourn

   Synonyms: tuloy, pagtuloy, panunulayan

3. staying of water in a low place (as after rain)

   Synonym: pamamahay

• “tahan”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

tahan

1. flap
2. leaf
3. page