hentam

Malay

Alternative forms

• hantam

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qantem (“beat, thrash”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hən.tam/
• (Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): [hən.täm]

Verb

hentam (Jawi spelling هنتم)

1. to hit hard

   Alex menghentam bantalnya untuk melepaskan perasaan geramnya.

   Alex is hitting his pillow to release his anger.

2. to collide with an object with strong force

   Kereta itu terhentam dengan lori yang jauh lebih besar daripadanya.

   That car collided with a lorry that is way bigger than itself.

3. to do a task without thinking about the consequences

   Haikal menghentam sahaja menjawab soalan peperiksaan.

   Haikal just answered the questions in the exam without much thought.

Alternative forms

• hantam (Indonesian)

References

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

Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɦɛntam/

Pronoun

hentam

1. (colloquial) over there

   Synonyms: tamto, tamhľa

Further reading

• “hentam”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024