setelah

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay setelah, from Classical Malay setelah (“after”), equivalent to se- +‎ telah.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /sətəˈlah/ [sə.t̪əˈlah]
• Rhymes: -ah
• Syllabification: se‧te‧lah

Preposition

setelah

1. after

   Synonym: sesudah

Further reading

• “setelah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

West Makian

Etymology

An unadapted borrowing from Indonesian setelah, preserving the schwas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s̪ə.t̪ə.ˈlah/

Conjunction

setelah

1. after

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics