lemas
See also: Lemas
Esperanto
editVerb
editlemas
- present of lemi
Indonesian
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editAdjective
editlêmas
- weary (exhausted to the point of weakness, from exertion)
- pliant (easy to bend, not rigid)
- flexible, supple
- Synonym: lentur
- weak, soft
- Synonym: lemah
- polite, refined, courteous
- Synonym: halus
- gentle
- Synonym: lemah lembut
- (dialect) suffocating, stifling
- (dialect) asphyxiated
Derived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “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
editPronunciation
edit- Rhymes: -as
Adjective
editlemas (Jawi spelling لمس)
- suffocation
- weary (exhausted to the point of weakness, from exertion)
- pliant (easy to bend, not rigid)
Descendants
edit- Indonesian: lemas
Noun
editlemas (Jawi spelling لمس, plural lemas-lemas, informal 1st possessive lemasku, 2nd possessive lemasmu, 3rd possessive lemasnya)
Further reading
edit- “lemas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese
editNoun
editlemas
Spanish
editNoun
editlemas m pl
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