lemas

See also:Lemas

Esperanto

Verb

lemas

1. present oflemi

Indonesian

Etymology

FromMalaylemas(“suffocate; drowning”).

• Semantic loanfromJavaneseꦊꦩꦼꦱ꧀(lemes,“pliant, supple; weak, soft; refined, smooth; yielding”),Old Javaneselĕmĕs(“pliancy, suppleness, slenderness; softness, silkiness”).
• Semantic loanfromSundaneseᮜᮨᮙᮨᮞ᮪(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”inKamus 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 spellingلمس)

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 spellingلمس,plurallemas-lemas,informal 1st possessivelemasku,2nd possessivelemasmu,3rd possessivelemasnya)

1. drowning

Further reading

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

Portuguese

Noun

lemas

1. pluraloflema

Spanish

Noun

lemasmpl

1. pluraloflema