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I would run a check of the history of the word through the OED and, perhaps, an Old English Reader/Grammar to see if the modern meaning held much weight back in them days.
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In the interest of clarity I think sticking to the current standards makes more sense.
For example it is much clearer to say "I will meet you on Friday at 6:00 p.m. instead of Fridusk" What time would Frinight start?
There are to many different periods in the day that have indistinct start/stop times. I don`t know all of them but you can ask any Jewish person and he will tell you that there is more than just dawn, dusk, morning, noon and night in a day.
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Dear TEd: many a chicken that's hot on Frynight gets warmed over on Satyrnight and Sunnight.
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Sonnabend Nacht
Now there's the redundancy!
I don't know, but I doubt Germans use Sonnabend more than Samstag, the actual name for Saturday. I figured that Sonnabend was used more for Saturday evening or night, right before Sunday, rather than for the whole day, but I'm not a German expert, by?
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In Indonesian hari is the 24 hour period. The days of the week are: Minggu, Senin, Selasa, Rabu, Kamis, Jumaat, Sabtu . Night = malam . If you want to contrast night-time and daytime you can talk about siang hari or malam hari.
Malam Minggu means Saturday evening/night (Sunday eve). Minggu malam means Sunday evening/night.
The day is divided into pagi (sunrise till about 10 a.m.), siang (10 a.m. till 3 p.m.), and sore (about 3 p.m. till sunset). tadi means earlier today so tadi siang= this middle of the day(earlier than now) and nanti means later today so nanti siang this middle of the day(later than now). Tadi malam means last night, so it's felt to be part of today.
Other parts of the day are fajar (dawn,sunrise)(a popular boy's name), magrib (sunset), senja (dusk), lurut malam (late at night).
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lurut malam Senin; tadi malam ? (The time of my post.)
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lurut malam Senin. tadi is in relation to now. So it's Sunday night for you, and Tuesday lunchtime for me, but the now is the same.
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lurut malam Senin. tadi is in relation to now. So it's Sunday night for you, and Tuesday lunchtime for me, but the now is the same
Terima kasih. Tetapi, lurut malam Senin, untuk saya.
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Perhaps my days of the week were not clear:
Minggu Sunday
Senin Monday
Selasa Tuesday
Rabu Wednesday
Kamis Thursday
Jumaat Friday
Sabtu Saturday
Sabtu and Minggu come from Portuguese. I think the others come from Arabic, but I'm not sure. Local, pre-Muslim, calendars had a five-day week.
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