Tampalan gigi itu sedia.

A simple breakdown is:

• tampalan = a filling, patch, or something used to patch
• gigi = tooth / teeth
• itu = that, or sometimes the in natural English translation
• sedia = ready, prepared, available

So tampalan gigi works together as dental filling / tooth filling, and tampalan gigi itu sedia means that this specific filling is ready.

Malay often leaves out the present-tense verb to be.

So where English says:

• The dental filling is ready

Malay can simply say:

• Tampalan gigi itu sedia

This is very normal. When a noun phrase is followed by an adjective or state word, the meaning of is/are is usually understood automatically.

In Malay, the main noun usually comes first, and the word that describes or narrows it comes after.

So:

• tampalan = filling
• gigi = tooth/teeth

Together:

• tampalan gigi = tooth filling / dental filling

This is a common pattern in Malay noun combinations. The order is often the reverse of English.

Compare:

• jus oren = orange juice
• kedai buku = book shop / bookstore
• tampalan gigi = dental filling

Because Malay demonstratives like ini and itu usually come after the noun phrase they modify.

So:

• rumah itu = that house / the house
• kereta itu = that car / the car
• tampalan gigi itu = that dental filling / the dental filling

Notice that itu follows the whole noun phrase, not just one word.

It can feel like either, depending on context.

Literally, itu is a demonstrative and often means that. But in many natural translations, English may use the instead, especially when the thing is already known to both speaker and listener.

So:

• tampalan gigi itu could be that dental filling
• but in smooth English it might simply be the dental filling

Both are possible, depending on the situation.

Malay nouns usually do not change form for singular vs. plural.

So gigi can mean:

• tooth
• teeth

In tampalan gigi, it is best understood as part of a fixed expression meaning dental filling or tooth filling, so you do not need to worry too much about singular/plural here.

Yes. It comes from the root tampal, which means to patch, to stick on, or to paste on.

The ending -an often turns a root into a noun. So:

• tampal = patch / stick on
• tampalan = a patch, filling, or the result of patching

This is a useful pattern to notice in Malay, because many nouns are built this way.

Not exactly, though they can overlap.

• sedia often means ready, prepared, or available
• siap often means finished, completed, and therefore ready

So sedia fits if the idea is that something is now ready for use or available. In everyday speech, though, some speakers might more naturally say sudah siap if they want to stress that the work has been completed.

So this sentence is understandable, but the exact best word depends on the context.

The easiest way to understand it here is as a state word meaning ready.

Malay word classes are often more flexible than English ones, but in this sentence sedia is describing the condition of tampalan gigi itu. So for a learner, it is most helpful to treat it like an adjective in this sentence.

That is why the structure feels like:

• [noun phrase] + [state/adjective]

or:

• tampalan gigi itu
  • sedia