Happening without warning or in a short space of time
English: sudden
tiba-tibaBahasa Indonesia
suddenly, abrupt, abruptly, all of a sudden, dead
Very common
#847 of the corpus · 149.2 per million words · 637,123 occurrences
From tiba (reduplication) · very common, #756
Adjective
Not subject to the control of the will
English: involuntary, nonvoluntary, unvoluntary
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Exceedingly sudden and unexpected
English: abrupt
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Adverb
Quickly and without warning
English: abruptly, suddenly, short, dead
Bahasa: mati, mendadak, ringkas, tahu-tahu, mendadak sontak, sekonyong-konyong
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Happening unexpectedly
English: suddenly, all of a sudden, of a sudden
Bahasa: mendadak, tahu-tahu, mendadak sontak, sekonyong-konyong
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Suddenly
English: presto
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1 more adverb senses
On impulse, without premeditation
English: on the spur of the moment, suddenly
Bahasa: mendadak, tahu-tahu, mendadak sontak, sekonyong-konyong
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