Before anything else
English: first, firstly, foremost, first of all, first off
Bahasa: pertama, terdahulu, pertama-tama
mula-mulaBahasa Indonesia
first, foremost, ab initio, aboriginal, beginning
Less common
#10,547 of the corpus · 5.9 per million words · 25,295 occurrences
From mula (reduplication) · less common, #5,056
Adverb
At the beginning
English: initially, ab initio
Bahasa: pertama
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Prominently forward
English: foremost, first
Bahasa: pertama, dahulu, terdahulu, pertama-tama
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1 more adverb senses
Before another in time, space, or importance
English: first
Bahasa: pertama
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Noun
The time at which something is supposed to begin
English: beginning, commencement, first, outset, get-go, start, kickoff, starting time, showtime, offset
Bahasa: pertama, awal, pembukaan, permulaan
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Adjective
Ranking above all others
English: first, foremost, world-class
Bahasa: pertama, tua, terutama, terpenting, sulung
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Having existed from the beginning, in an earliest or original stage or state
English: aboriginal, primal, primeval, primaeval, primordial
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Serving to begin
English: beginning(a), first
Bahasa: pertama
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