mengawaliBahasa Indonesia

begin, head, open, precede, start

Less common #7,455 of the corpus · 10.1 per million words · 43,240 occurrences

From awal (meN-…-i) · very common, #276

Verb

18 more verb senses

To go or travel towards

English: head

Bahasa: menuju, mengepalai

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Be the predecessor of

English: precede, come before

Bahasa: sebelum, mendahului

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Be earlier in time, go back further

English: predate, precede, forego, forgo, antecede, antedate

Bahasa: sebelum, mendahului

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Be the first or leading member of (a group) and excel

English: head, head up

Bahasa: mengepalai

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Come before

English: precede, predate

Bahasa: sebelum, mendahului

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Begin to speak or say

English: begin

Bahasa: mulai, membuka, berinduk

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Word family of awal

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