tanggung

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Indonesian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: tang‧gung

Etymology 1

    Etymology tree
    Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋguŋ
    Malay tanggung
    Indonesian tanggung

    From Malay tanggung, from Classical Malay تڠݢوڠ (tanggung), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋguŋ (“carry on a shoulder pole”).

    Verb

    tanggung

    1. to bear (a burden, loss, etc.)
    2. to assume a risk
    3. to guarantee; to warrantee; to be responsible for
    4. to hold someone accountable or liable for
    5. to take up a question, address
    Conjugation
    Conjugation of tanggung (meng-, intransitive)
    Root tanggung
    Active Involuntary Passive Basic /
    Imperative     		Emphatic /
    Jussive
    Active menanggung tertanggung ditanggung tanggung tanggunglah
    Locative menanggungi tertanggungi ditanggungi tanggungi tanggungilah
    Causative / Applicative1 menanggungkan tertanggungkan ditanggungkan tanggungkan tanggungkanlah
    Causative
    Active mempertanggung terpertanggung dipertanggung pertanggung pertanggunglah
    Locative mempertanggungi terpertanggungi dipertanggungi pertanggungi pertanggungilah
    Causative / Applicative1 mempertanggungkan terpertanggungkan dipertanggungkan pertanggungkan pertanggungkanlah
    1The -kan row is either causative or applicative, with transitive roots it mostly has applicative meaning.
    Notes:
    Some of these forms do normally not exist or are rarely used in standard Indonesian. Some forms may also change meaning.
    Derived terms

    Adjective

    tanggung

    1. guaranteed

    Etymology 2

    From Javanese tanggung.

    Adjective

    tanggung

    1. medium; not quite adequate or enough (in quantity, size, etc.)
    2. not quite on time; just too late
    3. difficult (of choice, moment, etc.)

    Further reading

    Javanese

    Javanese writing system
    Carakan ꦠꦁꦒꦸꦁ
    Pegon
    Roman tanggung

    Etymology 1

    From Old Javanese taṅguṅ (“carrying, bearing, burden, load”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋguŋ (“carry on a shoulder pole”).

    Verb

    tanggung

    1. to vouch for; to accept responsibility for
    Derived terms

    Noun

    tanggung

    1. security; pledge (for a loan)
    2. responsibility; obligation

    Etymology 2

    (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

    Adjective

    tanggung (ngoko tanggung, krama tanggel)

    1. medium; half-hearted; insufficient; only part
    Descendants
    • → Indonesian: tanggung

    Further reading

    • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “tanggung”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN


    Malay

    Etymology

      From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taŋguŋ (“carry on a shoulder pole”).

      Pronunciation

      Verb

      tanggung (Jawi spelling تڠݢوڠ)

      1. to support on the shoulder
      2. to bear up a heavy weight from below
      3. (figurative) to bear up under trouble or misfortune
      4. (figurative) to stand security for another

      Derived terms

      Affixed terms and other derivations

      Regular affixed derivations:

      Irregular affixed derivations, other derivations and compound words:

      Descendants

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