getah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay getah, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gətəq (“sap, gummy secretion”), *-təq (“sap, gummy secretion”). Semantic loan from Dutch sap for the sense of biological fluid, biological juice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ɡəˈtah]
• Hyphenation: gê‧tah

Noun

gêtah (first-person possessive getahku, second-person possessive getahmu, third-person possessive getahnya)

1. sap: the juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
2. latex: the milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.

   Synonym: lateks

3. (biology) fluid, juice: a clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph)

   Synonym: cecair (Malaysian)

Derived terms

• bergetah
• menggetah
• penggetahan
• pergetahan
• tergetah

 

• getah bening
• getah cerna
• getah keping
• getah lambung
• getah manggis
• getah padu
• getah pankreas
• getah pinus
• getah purwa
• getah susu
• getah terap
• getah upil

 

Further reading

• “getah” 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.

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gətəq (“sap, gummy secretion”), *-təq (“sap, gummy secretion”). Semantic loan from Dutch sap for the sense of biological fluid, biological juice.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɡətah/
• Rhymes: -ətah, -tah, -ah

Noun

getah (Jawi spelling ݢته, plural getah-getah, informal 1st possessive getahku, 2nd possessive getahmu, 3rd possessive getahnya)

1. latex, gum: the milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air.

   Potong buah sukun ni kena berhati-hati sikit, getahnya senang melekat kat tangan.

   Careful with cutting breadfruit, its sap sticks easily on the hands.

2. (Riau) sap: the juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.

   Synonyms: air, cecair

3. (uncountable, countable) rubber i.e. pliable material derived from coagulated sap of introduced Hevea brasiliensis; a hydrocarbon polymer of isoprene.

   Synonym: karet

4. (uncountable, countable) Synthetic materials with the same properties as natural rubber.

   Synonym: lateks

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• tergetah [agentless action] (teR-)
• bergetah (“taut, rubbery (of skin)”) [stative / habitual] (beR-)

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “ݢته gĕtah”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 100
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “ݢته gĕtah”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 562
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “gĕtah”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, pages 364-4

Further reading

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