tempo dulu

Indonesian

Etymology

Compound of tempo +‎ dulu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪empo ˈd̪ulu]

Noun

tempo dulu (first-person possessive tempo duluku, second-person possessive tempo dulumu, third-person possessive tempo dulunya)

1. time of old, olden days.

   Synonyms: dahulu kala, zaman dulu

Alternative forms

• tempo doeloe (pre-1947)

Descendants

• → Dutch: tempo doeloe

Further reading

• “tempo dulu” 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.