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kaligus

Kaligus is a term that may appear in Indonesian and Malay languages. In these languages, kaligus functions as an adverb meaning “at the same time” or “simultaneously,” used to indicate that two or more events occur together or to express concurrency in statements and clauses. In formal or official prose, kaligus may be used to emphasize the simultaneity of actions or outcomes, and it is sometimes encountered in legal or administrative Indonesian texts. The word is native to Austronesian language families and commonly found in modern Indonesian; it is closely related to, but distinct from, synonyms such as sekalian, sekaligus, or serentak, each of which carries its own nuance regarding simultaneity or sequencing.

Kaligus can also appear as part of larger expressions such as kaligus dengan, to indicate accompanying elements,

Outside of language use, there is no widely recognized subject named Kaligus in major reference works. If

although
usage
may
vary
by
dialect
and
register.
Because
of
its
status
as
a
lexical
item
in
Indonesian
and
Malay,
kaligus
is
sometimes
encountered
by
learners
of
Indonesian
attempting
to
convey
concurrency
succinctly,
and
it
may
appear
in
bilingual
dictionaries
with
brief
glosses.
Kaligus
refers
to
a
person,
place,
organization,
or
fictional
entity
in
a
specific
context,
additional
information
would
be
needed
to
distinguish
it
from
the
common
lexical
usage.