At or near the beginning of a period of time or course of events or before the usual or expected time
English: early
Bahasa: awal, muda, dini, mula, siang-siang
terdahuluBahasa Indonesia
first, earlier, foremost, antecedently, before
Less common
#5,188 of the corpus · 17.1 per million words · 73,177 occurrences
From dahulu (ter-) · very common, #823
Adjective
Just preceding something else in time or order
English: previous(a), old
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Adverb
At an earlier time or formerly
English: previously, antecedently
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Earlier in time, previously
English: earlier, before
Bahasa: sebelum, dulu, berasal, dahulu
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Before anything else
English: first, firstly, foremost, first of all, first off
Bahasa: pertama, mula-mula, pertama-tama
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3 more adverb senses
The initial time
English: first, for the first time
Bahasa: pertama, dahulu, pertama-tama
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Before now
English: in the first place, earlier, in the beginning, to begin with, originally
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Prominently forward
English: foremost, first
Bahasa: pertama, dahulu, mula-mula, pertama-tama
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