buay tahan
buay tahan · buays tahan · buayed tahan · buaying tahan
Cannot endure or stand something any longerCannot endure or stand something any longer.
/ˌbwe˨ ˈtahan/
Meaning
1 senses(Manglish, Singlish)Cannot endure or stand something any longer.
Origin
From Hokkien 𣍐 / 袂 /𫧃 / 袂 (bōe, “cannot”) + Malay tahan (“to endure; to withstand; to beFrom Hokkien 𣍐 / 袂 /𫧃 / 袂 (bōe, “cannot”) + Malay tahan (“to endure; to withstand; to bear”), which in Hokkien would be 袂打限 (bōe tá-hān). The equivalent expression in Malay is tak boleh tahan.
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Forms
buays tahan, buaying tahan, buayed tahan, buayed tahan| Base form | buay tahan · to buay tahan |
|---|---|
| 3rd person singular | buays tahan |
| Present participle | buaying tahan |
| Past simple | buayed tahan |
| Past participle | buayed tahan |
irregular
Lessons for this word
1 lessons- A1Present simple — Because it is a verb
See also
neighbours in the dictionaryDictionary text adapted from Wiktionary (Wiktionary contributors, CC BY-SA 4.0) and Open English WordNet / Princeton WordNet (CC BY 4.0, WordNet License); shared under CC BY-SA 4.0. Example sentences and recordings are credited where they appear.