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)

1. sap: the juice of plants of any kind, especially the ascending and descending juices or circulating fluid essential to nutrition.
2. latex: the milky sap of several trees that coagulates on exposure to air; used to make rubber.

   Synonym: lateks

3. (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: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — 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)

1. latex; rubber

Synonyms

• (Indonesia) karet

Further reading

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