dahulu

Indonesian

Alternative forms

  • dh, dh., d.h.
  • d/h (proscribed)

Etymology

From Malay dahulu. Doublet of dulu.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /daˈhulu/ [daˈhu.lu]
  • Rhymes: -ulu
  • Syllabification: da‧hu‧lu

Adverb

dahulu

  1. before, earlier, previously
    Itu dahulu, ini sekarang.
    That was before, this is now.

Adjective

dahulu (comparative lebih dahulu, superlative paling dahulu)

  1. early, former, previous

Further reading

Malay

Etymology

From earlier di (“at, in”) +‎ hulu (“head, upstream, beginning”) with the vowel adjacent to /h/ in the penultimate syllable regularly neutralized to /a/. Compare Toba Batak jolo (“before”).[1] Doublet of dulu.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dahulu/
  • Rhymes: -ahulu, -hulu, -lu
  • Rhymes: -u

Adverb

dahulu (Jawi spelling دهولو)

  1. before, earlier, previously

Adjective

dahulu (Jawi spelling دهولو)

  1. early, former, previous

Descendants

  • Indonesian: dahulu

References

  1. ^ Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎[1], Canberra: The Australian National University, pages 53–54

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