kemarin

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay kemarin, kelmarin, from Classical Malay کمارين (kemarin), کلمارين (kelmarin), blend of kelam (“dark”) +‎ harian (“day”) — "dark [night] of the day; last night".

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /kəˈmarin/ [kəˈma.rɪn]

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• Rhymes: -arin
• Syllabification: ke‧ma‧rin

Noun

kêmarin (plural kemarin-kemarin)

1. yesterday (the day immediately before today; one day ago)
2. (proscribed) yesterday (the recent past)

Adverb

kêmarin

1. yesterday (on the day before today)

   Antonym: besok

   Kemarin aku pergi ke rumah teman. ― I was going to a friend's home yesterday.

Adjective

kemarin (comparative lebih kemarin, superlative paling kemarin)

1. (colloquial, proscribed) last, previous

   Synonym: lalu

   Tahun kemarin

   Last year

Derived terms

• kemarin dulu
• kemarin lusa
• kemarin sore

Further reading

• “kemarin”, 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

Malay

Adverb

kemarin (Jawi spelling کمارين)

1. (nonstandard) alternative form of kelmarin