mulain

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Betawi

Alternative forms

Etymology

    From mula +‎ -in. Compare Indonesian mulai.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /mulain/
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    • Rhymes: -in
    • Hyphenation: mu‧la‧in

    Verb

    mulain

    1. (active voice, transitive, intransitive) to begin, to start, to commence
      • 1972, Rachman A., “Nonton Tjokek ”, in Tukang Tuak, performed by Benyamin Sueb, Jakarta: Indah, track A3:
        Tu gambang udè mulain / Nyang nongton padè ngriungin
        The music has begun / The spectators are flocking

    Preposition

    mulain

    1. starting (from a certain place)
    2. since (from a certain period of time)