Tempoh

from portugis

Verified
Standard
verb
Action
From portugis

Definition

To stop or cease activity; not to continue. In the negative form 'tidak tempoh' it means always or without stopping.

Etymology

Borrowed from the Portuguese 'tempo', meaning time or interval. It entered Indonesian through colonial contact, undergoing a semantic shift from a simple marker of time to the act of pausing or stopping an activity.

Semantic Category

Action