tuaBahasa Indonesia

old, aged, first, older, dark

Very common #327 of the corpus · 367.1 per million words · 1,567,710 occurrences

Adjective

Just preceding something else in time or order

English: previous(a), old

Bahasa: lama, bekas, terdahulu

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Preceding all others in time or space or degree

English: first

Bahasa: pertama, mula, sulung, julung

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Fully developed or matured and ready to be eaten or used

English: ripe, mature

Bahasa: matang, masak, ranum

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Of wines, fruit, cheeses, having reached a desired or final condition, (`aged' pronounced as one syllable)

English: aged, ripened

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Advanced in years, (`aged' is pronounced as two syllables)

English: aged, elderly, older, senior

Bahasa: berumur

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Belonging to times long past especially of the historical period before the fall of the Western Roman Empire

English: ancient

Bahasa: lama, kuno, purba, bahari, purbakala

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Belonging to some prior time

English: erstwhile(a), former(a), old, onetime(a), one-time(a), quondam(a), sometime(a)

Bahasa: lama, dahulu, bekas

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Used of the older of two persons of the same name especially used to distinguish a father from his son

English: elder, older, sr.

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Indicating the beginning unit in a series

English: first, 1st

Bahasa: pertama, sulung

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(used of color) having a dark hue

English: dark

Bahasa: hitam, gelap

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Lacking enlightenment or knowledge or culture

English: benighted, dark

Bahasa: kelam

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Skilled through long experience

English: old, older

Bahasa: lama, bekas, matang, uzur, lanjut umur

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(used of tobacco) aging as a preservative process (`aged' is pronounced as one syllable)

English: aged, cured

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Of a very early stage in development

English: Old

Bahasa: lama, bekas, uzur, lanjut umur

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Noun

Past times (especially in the phrase `in days of old')

English: old

Bahasa: lama, dahulu

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