tahun
As
Etymology
Borrowed from Indonesian tahun.
Noun
tahun
- year
References
- Greenhill, S.J., Blust. R, & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Malay tahun, from Proto-Malayic *tahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun (compare Maori tau).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈta.hʊn/
- Hyphenation: ta‧hun
Noun
tahun (first-person possessive tahunku, second-person possessive tahunmu, third-person possessive tahunnya)
- year:
- A solar year, the time it takes the Earth to complete one revolution of the Sun (between 365.24 and 365.26 days depending on the point of reference).
- The time it takes for any astronomical object (such as a planet, dwarf planet, small Solar System body, or comet) in direct orbit around a star (such as the Sun) to make one revolution around the star.
- A period between set dates that mark a year, from January 1 to December 31 by the Gregorian calendar, from Tishiri 1 to Elul 29 by the Jewish calendar, and from Muharram 1 to Dhu al-Hijjah 29 or 30 by the Islamic calendar.
- A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
- (higher education) A level or grade in school or college.
- Synonym: kelas
Synonyms
- warsa
Hypernyms
- pancawarsa, lustrum (5 years)
- windu (8 years)
- dasawarsa, dekade (10 years)
- abad (100 years)
- milenium (1000 years)
Derived terms
- bertahunan
- bertahun-tahun
- menahun
- setahun
- tahunan
Compounds
- tahun ajaran
- tahun akademi
- tahun akademik
- tahun anggaran
- tahun baru
- tahun baruan
- tahun basah
- tahun berjalan
- tahun biasa
- tahun bulan
- tahun cahaya
- tahun dasar
- tahun fiskal
- tahun Hijriah
- tahun kabisat
- tahun kering
- tahun lazim
- tahun Masehi
- tahun matahari
- tahun panjang
- tahun Saka
Further reading
- “tahun” 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-Malayic *tahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun (compare Maori tau).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [tahon]
- Rhymes: -ahon, -hon, -on
Audio (MY) (file) - Rhymes: -un
Noun
tahun (Jawi spelling تاهون, plural tahun-tahun, informal 1st possessive tahunku, 2nd possessive tahunmu, 3rd possessive tahunnya)
- year
Descendants
- Indonesian: tahun
Further reading
- “tahun” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Minangkabau
Etymology
From Proto-Malayic *tahun, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun (compare Maori tau).
Noun
tahun
- year
Old Javanese
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.
Noun
tahun
- year
- seasonal crop
Tausug
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.
Noun
tahun
- year
Ternate
Etymology
From Classical Malay تاهون (tahun).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈta.hun]
Noun
tahun (Jawi تاهن)
- a year
Alternative forms
- taong
References
- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh