dahtu

Malay

Etymology

Compound of dah +‎ tu, both word are clipping of sudah and itu respectively.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdahtu/ [ˈdah.t̪u]
  • Rhymes: -ah
  • Hyphenation: dah‧tu

Adverb

dahtu

  1. (colloquial) Then, moreover.

Interjection

dahtu

  1. (colloquial) so
    Synonym: pastu
    • 2022 August 6, @yananonae, Twitter‎[1] (post), archived from the original on 5 August 2024:
      dahtu nak kena gelabah ke
      So, you want me to fluster or what?

References

  • Hoogervorst, Tom (2015), “Malay youth language in West Malaysia”, in NUSA‎[2], volume 58, number 3, →DOI, archived from the original on 26 April 2025, page 29
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