menahan

Indonesian

Etymology

Affixation of tahan +‎ meng-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /məˈnahan/ [məˈna.han]
• Rhymes: -ahan
• Syllabification: me‧na‧han

Verb

mênahan (active menahan, reflexive passive tertahan, ordinary passive ditahan, imperative tahan, emphatic-jussive tahanlah)

1. to endure, to tolerate
2. to hold (to grasp or grip)
3. to hold, to have, to keep, or to save
4. to hold, to detain
5. to hold, to restrain
6. to hold back (to contain)

Further reading

• “menahan”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Pronunciation

• (Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /məˈnahan/ [məˈna.han]
• (Kuala Lumpur-Singapore) IPA^(key): /məˈnahan/ [məˈna.han]
• (Kedah) IPA^(key): /məˈnahan/ [məˈna.han]
• Rhymes: -ahan
• Syllabification: me‧na‧han

Verb

menahan

1. active of tahan