lemah

Balinese

Romanization

lemah

1. Romanization of ᬍᬫᬄ

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləmah/
• Rhymes: -əmah, -mah, -ah

Etymology 1

From Malay lemah, from Classical Malay lemah, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lemeq (“soft, weak, flexible”).

Adjective

lemah

1. weak (lacking in force or ability)

Derived terms

• dilemahkan
• diperlemah
• kelemahan
• melemah
• melemahkan
• memperlemah
• memperlemahkan
• pelemahan
• terlemah
• terlemahkan

 

• lemah gemalai
• lemah gemulai
• lemah hati
• lemah iman
• lemah langlai
• lemah lembut
• lemah lunglai
• lemah mental
• lemah otak
• lemah persendian
• lemah pikiran
• lemah roman
• lemah saraf
• lemah semangat
• lemah syahwat
• lemah tulang
• lemah urat
• lemah zakar

 

Etymology 2

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Noun

lemah (first-person possessive lemahku, second-person possessive lemahmu, third-person possessive lemahnya)

1. (zoology) False trevally (Lactarius lactarius).

Etymology 3

From Javanese ꦊꦩꦃ (lemah), from Old Javanese lĕmah.

Noun

lemah (first-person possessive lemahku, second-person possessive lemahmu, third-person possessive lemahnya)

1. (very rare) land

Further reading

• “lemah” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Javanese

Romanization

lemah

1. Romanization of ꦊꦩꦃ

Malay

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lemeq (“soft, weak, flexible”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ləmah/
• Rhymes: -əmah, -mah, -ah

Adjective

lemah (Jawi spelling لمه)

1. weak (lacking in force or ability)

Derived terms

• kelemahan
• melemahkan

Descendants

• Indonesian: lemah
• → Tausug: lamma

Further reading

• “lemah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Sundanese

Romanization

lemah

1. Romanization of ᮜᮨᮙᮂ