| first | at ~, pd mulanya, (pd) mula-mulanya: at ~ he seemed shy, pd mulanya, dia kelihatan malu; from the (very) ~, dr mulanya (lagi): from the ~, he was against the plan, dr mulanya, dia menentang rancangan itu; from ~ to last, dr mula hingga akhir. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| start | at the ~, pd mulanya: at the ~ I found the work somewhat tedious, pd mulanya, saya mendapati kerja itu agak membosankan; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| initially | adv pada mulanya, mula-mula; (used with “what”, “who”, etc) mula-mula: I did not like him ~, pada mulanya, saya tdk suka akan dia; ~, everything went well, mula-mula, semuanya berjalan lancar; I cannot recall what ~ was the problem, saya tdk dapat mengingat kembali apakah mulamula masalah itu. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| inception | n (fml) permulaan, mulanya, dimulakan; (of organization, institution, etc) penubuhan: the enterprise has been a failure since its ~, perusahaan itu gagal dr mulanya; he joined the party at its ~ in 1936, dia menjadi ahli parti itu sejak penubuhannya pd tahun 1936. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| start | c. begin with intention to do st, pd mulanya: she ~ed out to buy a blouse but eventually bought four, pd mulanya dia hendak membeli sehelai blaus tetapi akhirnya dia membeli empat helai; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| begin | to ~ with, a. at first, mula-mula, pd mulanya: everything went well to ~ with and then it started to rain, pd mulanya semuanya berjalan lancar, tiba-tiba hujan pun turun; b. in the first place, pertama-tama(nya): to ~ with, he lacks experience, pertama-tamanya, dia kurang pengalaman; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| start | b. at first stage of event or process, pd mulanya; Sunday was fine to ~ with and then it began to snow, hari Ahad pd mulanya cuaca baik tetapi kemudiannya salji mula turun. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| originally | adj 1. in the beginning, pd mulanya, asalnya; (with ref to the origin of st) asalnya: he ~ conceived the novel as a biography, pd mulanya, dia membayangkan novel itu sbg biografi; the house was ~ a mill, asalnya rumah itu kilang; our next-door neighbour ~ came from Sweden, jiran kami asalnya datang dr Sweden; 2. in a novel or original manner, dgn cara yg original: an ~ designed house, rumah yg direka bentuk dgn cara yg original. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| instance | at /so’s ~, the ~ of so./, (fml), (at so’s request) atas permintaan sso: I did it at the ~ of my colleagues, saya melakukannya atas permintaan rakan-rakan sekerja saya; for ~, misalnya, umpamanya, contohnya; in the first ~, (in the first place) pertamanya, pertama-tamanya; (initially) pd /mulanya, mula-mulanya/: we should have made sure the calculations were correct, in the first ~, pertamanya, kita sepatutnya memastikan bahawa kiraan itu betul; in the first ~ we were very happy with the results but later had misgivings, pd mula-mulanya kami gembira dgn keputusan itu, tetapi kemudiannya kami berasa ragu-ragu; in this ~, dlm /perkara, hal/ ini; | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |
| beginning | /at, in/ the ~, pd /mulanya, permulaannya/; at the ~ of, pd /permulaan, awal/; from ~ to end, dr /mula, awal/ hingga akhir; make a ~, memulakan; (right) from the (very) ~, dr /mula(-mula), awal(-awal)/ lagi. | Kamus Inggeris-Melayu Dewan |