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Last updated on January 3, 2019

Meaning: a while ago, Just before, originally
Application: tadi, tadinya

Dia menunggu dari tadi Dia menunggu dari tadi pagi Saya sampai di Jakarta tadi malam Tadinya saya pulang dulu sebelum kesini Yang tadi kasih pidato siapa namanya?

He’s been waiting since some time ago He’s been waiting since this morning I arrived in Jakarta last night Originally, I was planning to go home first before I came here What’s the name of the person who gave the speech earlier?

Meaning: 1. aware, know; 2. bean curd
Application: tahu, ketahuan, mengetahui, diketahui, pengetahuan

This root word ‘tahu’ is commonly nasalised by not pronouncing the letter ‘h’. It also apply to the noun ‘ketahuan’. But this rule does not apply to other application such as ‘mengetahui’, ‘diketahui’, and ‘pengetahuan’. In writing the letter ‘h’ has to be written.

But if you mean to say ‘tahu’ as for bean curd, the word has to be pronounced with ‘h’.

Written Form	Nasalised/Pronounced Form	Meaning
Tahu, bukan? Saya tidak tahu Tahu sama tahu Tidak ketahuan Sepengetahuan saya … Saya paling suka tahu goreng Pengetahuannya luas sekali Dia sangat berpengetahuan Ilmu pengetahuan Mengetahui hal itu …	Tau kan? Saya tidak tau Tau sama tau Tidak ketauan Setau saya …	You know, don’t you? I am not aware/ I don’t know Each party is aware Nobody finds out As far as I am concern … I like fried tofu the most His knowledge is very deep He is very knowledgeable Science Knowing that …

Meaning: afraid, scary, eerie
Application: takut, menakutkan, nakutin, nakut-nakutin, ketakutan, penakut

Film ini menakutkan Film ini nakutin Jangan menakut-nakuti adikmu Jangan nakut-nakutin adikmu Saya takut dia jatuh Saya ketakutan Dia penakut

This is a scary movie Don’t scare your little brother I am nervous that he would fall I was caught by fear/ I was scared He is a coward/ He is a chicken

Meaning: sign, mark
Application: tanda, pertanda, tanda-tanda, menandai, menandakan

tanda cinta tanda mata tanda terima tanda jasa tanda baca tanda kutip tanda pengenal tanda bahaya tanda seru tanda tanya tanda tangan tanda kurung Menandai peringatan hari kemerdekaan Indonesia … Tanda-tanda adanya virus di komputer Anda .. Pertanda akan munculnya gempa bumi tektonik dapat diketahui.

a token of love memento, souvenir receipt decoration, reward punctuation mark quotation mark identification tag warning sign, alarm exclamation mark question mark signature parenthesis To mark the Indonesian Independence Day … The indicator of having virus in your computer is … The precursor of a forthcoming tectonic earthquake can be known.

Meaning: hand, arm, handle
Application: tangan, menangani, penanganan, ditangani

isyarat tangan tulisan tangan tangan hampa campur tangan tepuk tangan buatan tangan Dia menjabat tangan saya. Waktu kecelakaan tangannya patah. Kami menerima kedatangan Anda dengan tangan terbuka. Dia memakai kemeja tangan panjang. Dia adalah tangan kanan ayah saya. Dia memimpin perusahaan dengan tangan besi. Kamu harus bisa menangani masalah ini. Penanganan masalah ini … Masalah ini sudah tertangani dengan baik.

gesture hand writing empty handed interfere applaud/ clap hand hand made He shakes my hand. She broke her arm during the accident. We are very pleased to welcome you. He is wearing a long-sleeves shirt. He is my father’s righth-hand man. He leads the company ruthlessly. You have to be able to handle this problem. The handling of this problem … This problem was well handled.

Meaning: Both in formal and colloquial Indonesian it means straight, straight away, immediately, to continue, keep on(doing something). But in colloquial Indonesian it also has the meaning ‘next, then‘.
Synonym: Lalu, kemudian(formal)
Application: In colloquial Indonesian it serves to link a sequence of events.

Hari ini saya mau ke kantor pos terus ke pasar. Mula-mula dia bicara pelan-pelan terus tiba-tiba dia teriak. Terus(Lalu) apa yang terjadi?

Today, I want to go to the post office then to the market. First he talked slowly then suddenly he shouted. What happen next?

Meaning: skilled laborer or craftsman
Application: tukang, bertukang, pertukangan, menukang

tukang arloji tukang batu tukang bolos tukang catut tukang daging tukang es tukang jahit tukang koran tukang las tukang lelang tukang masak tukang patri tukang pos tukang pukul tukang sate tukang susu

watchmaker stonemason shirker racketeer butcher ice cream man taylor newspaper distributor welder auctioneer cook tinker postman bouncer satay seller milkman

tukang bakso tukang bohong tukang bubut tukang cukur tukang emas tukang ikan tukang kayu tukang kunci tukang ledeng tukang listrik tukang parkir tukang pijat tukang pot tukang roti tukang sulap tukang tagih

meatball seller liar turner barber goldsmith fishmonger carpenter locksmith plumber electrician park ranger masseur potter bread seller wizard debt colletor

Meaning: tuna- is a prefix means without, it is a borrowing from Sanskrit.
Application: It usually occurs with bases to produce euphemisms for more common terms.

base	meaning	euphemism with tuna-	synonym	meaning
karya susila wisma netra	work decent, moral building, house sight	tunakarya tunasusila tunawisma tunanetra	pengangguran pelacur gelandangan buta	unemployed immoral homeless blind

*) Reference: Colloquial Jakartan Indonesian by James Neil Sneddon, 2006