tatkala

Inherited from Malay tatkala, from Sanskrit तत्काल (tatkāla).

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /tatˈkala/ [t̪at̪̚ˈka.la]
• Rhymes: -ala
• Syllabification: tat‧ka‧la

tatkala

1. (formal or literary) when

   Synonyms: ketika, saat, waktu

   • 1921 [1912], Cornelis Johannes Kieviet, translated by Moeh. Safé'i, Dari déni sampai mendjadi radja, Balai-Poestaka, translation of Een Corsicaansche jongen, page 4:

     Tatkala iboenja mendengar hal jang terseboet boekan alang-kepalang marahnja, karena keboen tempat anaknja mentjoeri itoe sebenarnjalah telah dikoeasakan oléh jang empoenja kepadanja oentoek sementara, sebab ia pergi kekota lain.

     When his mother heard about it, she became extremely angry, because the garden from which her child had stolen had actually been entrusted to her temporarily by the owner, since the owner had gone to another town.

2. (formal or literary) at that time; whilom

   Synonyms: kala itu, waktu itu

• “tatkala”, 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

From Sanskrit तत्काल (tatkāla).^[1]

tatkala (Jawi spelling تتکالا)

1. when
   • 1612, Albert Cornelius Ruyl, Translation of the Gospel of Matthew into Malay, 5:11:

     Bermůmin jadi-mů tatkala manůſea ber-bintſi daan bergagaï-mů, daän meng-ůtſiap ſegala d’jahat akan kamů, berdůſta karna aků.

     Blessed are ye, when men shall revile you, and persecute you, and shall say all manner of evil against you falsely, for my sake.