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)
- sap: the juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
- latex: the milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.
- Synonym: lateks
- (biology) fluid, juice: a clear liquid believed to be a component of a humour or other bodily fluid (esp. plasma and lymph)
- Synonym: jus (Standard Malay)
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: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *gətəq (“sap, gummy secretion”), *-təq (“sap, gummy secretion”).
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)
- latex; rubber
Synonyms
- (Indonesia) karet
Further reading
- “getah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.