tajam

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay tajam, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tazəm, from Proto-Austronesian *Cazəm.

• Semantic loan from Dutch scherp (“sharp”) for sharp sense except sense 1
• The sense in firearm is a semantic loan from Japanese 実(じつ) (jitsu, “real, true”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):
• Hyphenation: ta‧jam

Adjective

tajam

1. sharp:
   1. terminating in a point or edge, especially one that can cut easily.

      Synonyms: runcing, lancip

      senjata tajam. ― Sharp weapon

   2. intelligent

      pikirannya tajam ― His mind is sharp

      Synonym: cerdas

   3. offensive, critical, or acrimonious

      kritik tajam ― sharp criticism

      Synonyms: keras, pedas

   4. acute: forming a small angle, angle of less than ninety degrees.

      tikungan tajam ― sharp turn

      Synonyms: akut, lancip

2. in focus, clearly visible, not blurry
3. real, clear

   Synonyms: nyata, jelas

   1. (of firearms or explosives) live: capable of causing harm

      peluru tajam ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

Derived terms

Further reading

• “tajam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Latvian

Noun

tajam m

1. dative singular of tajs

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

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Ideophone

tajam

1. zooming

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “tajam”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon