Kadang
from indonesia
Verified
Standard
adverb
Tempo
From indonesia
Definition
An adverb indicating that an event or action occurs with irregular frequency, that is, only occasionally or at certain times.
Etymology
A native Austronesian lexeme inherited via proto-historical Malay *kadang, meaning an occasional occurrence. Attested in Classical Malay manuscripts of the 14th–16th centuries as a marker of indefinite frequency, with no significant semantic shift into modern Indonesian.
Semantic Category
Time-related nouns and temporal markers (e.g., pagi, malam).Tempo