semalam

Combination of se- (“one”) +‎ malam (“night”).

• IPA^(key): /səmalam/

semalam

1. a night

• semalem (informal)

Affixation of se- +‎ malam.

• IPA^(key): /səˈma.lam/
• Hyphenation: sê‧ma‧lam

semalam (plural semalam-semalam)

1. (literally) a night

   Synonym: satu malam

2. last night

   Synonym: tadi malam

3. all-night

   Synonym: semalaman

4. (rare) yesterday

   Synonym: kemarin

semalam

1. last night

• “semalam” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Combination of se- (“one”) +‎ malam (“night”).

• IPA^(key): /səmalam/
• Rhymes: -əmalam, -alam, -am

semalam (Jawi spelling سمالم)

1. a night, with a duration of one night.

   Synonym: semalaman

   Atap bilik Setoh habis kena tebuk, terpaksalah dia tumpang rumah aku semalam.

   Setoh's room's roof got holed bad, so he had to stay in my house for one night.

2. last night^[1]

   Synonym: malam lepas

3. (Peninsular West Coast) yesterday

   Synonym: (in other dialects) kelmarin

   Antonyms: esok, besok

• kelmarin dulu (“the day before yesterday”)

• Indonesian: semalam

• “semalam” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.