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

Malay

Alternative forms

• sŭtalah (KPAK)

Etymology

Affixation of se- +‎ telah (“already; past”).

Pronunciation

• (schwa-variety, /a/-variety, Literary Standard) IPA^(key): /sətəˈlah/ [sə.t̪əˈlah]
• Rhymes: -lah, -ah
• Hyphenation: se‧te‧lah

Conjunction

setelah (Jawi spelling ستله)

1. after (subsequently to the time when).

   Synonyms: selepas, sesudah

   Antonym: sebelum

   Mereka pulang setelah majlis tamat.

   They went home after the event ended.

   Setelah menempuh perjalanan yang panjang, akhirnya kami tiba di destinasi.

   After going through a long journey, we finally arrived at the destination.

Preposition

setelah (Jawi spelling ستله)

1. after (subsequent to).

   Synonyms: selepas, sesudah

   Setelah itu, dia terus tidur.

   After that, he went straight to sleep.

Related terms

• telah

Descendants

• > Indonesian: setelah

Further reading

• "setelah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "setelah" at PRPM first version)

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^[1], Pacific linguistics