lĕmah

Old Javanese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lə.mah/
• Rhymes: -mah
• Hyphenation: lĕ‧mah

Etymology 1

Unknown, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sləmʔ (“discoloured”) (compare Vietnamese lấm (“be soiled, be smeared (by mud or dirt)”)). (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lĕmah

1. earth
2. ground
3. soil
4. land

Derived terms

• kalĕmahan
• lĕmahĕn
• palĕmahan

 

• kĕmbaṅ iṅ lĕmah

 

Descendants

• Javanese: ꦊꦩꦃ (lemah)
  • → Indonesian: lemah
• → Balinese: ᬍᬫᬄ (lemah)

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lemaq (“soft, weak, slack”).

Adjective

lĕmah

1. aversion, dislike, distaste, reluctance, unwillingness

Alternative forms

• lĕmĕh

Derived terms

• alĕmĕh

 

Further reading

• "lĕmah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.