tahun

As

Etymology

Borrowed from Indonesian tahun.

Noun

tahun

1. 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)

1. year:
   1. 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).
   2. 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.
   3. 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.
   4. A scheduled part of a calendar year spent in a specific activity.
   5. (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

• bertahun-tahun
• bertahunan
• 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

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• Rhymes: -un

Noun

tahun (Jawi spelling تاهون‎, plural tahun-tahun, informal 1st possessive tahunku, 2nd possessive tahunmu, 3rd possessive tahunnya)

1. 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

1. year

Old Javanese

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Noun

tahun

1. year
2. seasonal crop

Tausug

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqun.

Noun

tahun

1. year

Ternate

Etymology

From Classical Malay تاهون‎ (tahun).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈta.hun]

Noun

tahun (Jawi تاهن‎)

1. 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