tatah

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈtatah/ [ˈt̪a.t̪ah]
• Rhymes: -atah
• Syllabification: ta‧tah

Etymology 1

Inherited from Malay tatah.

Noun

tatah (first-person possessive tatahku, second-person possessive tatahmu, third-person possessive tatahnya)

1. inlaid work

Verb

tatah

1. to inlay, to embed, to stick into

Derived terms

• bertatah
• bertatahkan
• ditatah
• menatah

 

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Javanese ꦠꦠꦃ (tatah, “chisel, file, punch”).

Noun

tatah (first-person possessive tatahku, second-person possessive tatahmu, third-person possessive tatahnya)

1. chisel

   Synonym: pahat

Verb

tatah

1. to chisel

   Synonym: memahat

Derived terms

• bertatah
• ditatah
• menatah
• tatahan

 

Etymology 3

Borrowed from Minangkabau tatah.

Adjective

tatah

1. tottering, unsteady on one's feet, shaky, wobbly

   Synonym: bertatih-tatih

Verb

tatah

1. to lead children by the hand to teach them to walk

   Synonym: menatih

Derived terms

• bertatah
• menatah

 

Further reading

• “tatah” 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

tatah

1. Romanization of ꦠꦠꦃ

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtatah/ [ˈt̪a.t̪ah]

Noun

tatah (Jawi spelling تاته, plural tatah-tatah, informal 1st possessive tatahku, 2nd possessive tatahmu, 3rd possessive tatahnya)

1. inlaid work

Verb

tatah (Jawi spelling تاته)

1. to inlay, to embed, to stick into

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• menatah [agent focus] (meN-)
• ditatah [patient focus] (di-)
• bertatah [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• bertatahkan [stative / habitual + causative benefactive] (beR- + -kan)

Descendants

• Indonesian: tatah

Further reading

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