tempo dulu

Indonesian

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compound of tempo +‎ dulu.

Pronunciation

  • (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˌtempo ˈdulu/ [ˌt̪em.po ˈdu.lu]
  • Rhymes: -ulu
  • Syllabification: tem‧po du‧lu

Prepositional phrase

tempo dulu

  1. (colloquial) the (relative) past, referring to former times; back in the day
    Synonyms: dahulu kala, zaman dulu, zaman dahulu
    • 2009 December 13, Yulia Sapthiani, Ilham Khoiri, Lusiana Indriasari, “Cibubur Tempo Dulu, Sejuk dan Sepi”, in Kompas‎[1]:
      Apa yang diingat banyak orang saat ditanya seperti apa Cibubur tempo dulu? Jawabannya hampir serupa: banyak sawah, empang, pepohonan, berudara sejuk, sekaligus sepi dan menyeramkan.
      What do many people remember, if they were asked how Cibubur was like back in the day? The answers were almost the same: lots of rice fields, ponds, trees, and breezes – but quiet and eerie.

Descendants

  • → Dutch: tempo doeloe

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