dahulu

Updated: May 29, 2025

A lady friend of mine, who found a difficulty in acquiring Malay, pronounced nanti dahulu, or nanti dulu as generally spoken, "nanty doodle," and suggested that "the nanty doodles" could be a good name for "the Brunai Malays."

Sir W. H. (William Hood) Treacher - British Borneo: Sketches of Brunai, Sarawak, Labuan, and North Borneo