No. 91 in Malay

hingga

"Until" or "up to."

In a sentence

Dia bekerja dari pagi hingga malam untuk menyiapkan projek itu.
He works from morning until night to complete the project.
In this case, 'hingga' means 'until' and shows the end limit of the time period.
Harga barang itu meningkat hingga sepuluh ringgit dalam masa seminggu.
The price of the item increased up to ten ringgit within a week.
Here, 'hingga' is used to denote 'up to' indicating a limit or level reached.
Dia akan terus mencari hingga dia menemui jawapannya.
He will keep searching until he finds the answer.
In this sentence, 'hingga' functions as 'until' to indicate continuity of action until a certain point.

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