lemas

See also: Lemas

Esperanto

Verb

lemas

1. present of lemi

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lemas (“suffocate; drowning”).

• Semantic loan from Javanese ꦊꦩꦼꦱ꧀ (lemes, “pliant, supple; weak, soft; refined, smooth; yielding”), Old Javanese lĕmĕs (“pliancy, suppleness, slenderness; softness, silkiness”).
• Semantic loan from Sundanese ᮜᮨᮙᮨᮞ᮪ (lemes, “refined, smooth”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ləˈmas]
• Hyphenation: lê‧mas
• Rhymes: -as

Adjective

lêmas

1. weary (exhausted to the point of weakness, from exertion)
2. pliant (easy to bend, not rigid)
3. flexible, supple

   Synonym: lentur

4. weak, soft

   Synonym: lemah

5. polite, refined, courteous

   Synonym: halus

6. gentle

   Synonym: lemah lembut

7. (dialect) suffocating, stifling
8. (dialect) asphyxiated

Derived terms

• melemaskan

 

Further reading

• “lemas” 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.

Malay

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -as

Adjective

lemas (Jawi spelling لمس)

1. suffocation
2. weary (exhausted to the point of weakness, from exertion)
3. pliant (easy to bend, not rigid)

Descendants

• Indonesian: lemas

Noun

lemas (Jawi spelling لمس, plural lemas-lemas, informal 1st possessive lemasku, 2nd possessive lemasmu, 3rd possessive lemasnya)

1. drowning

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Noun

lemas

1. plural of lema

Spanish

Noun

lemas m pl

1. plural of lema