lemas
See also: Lemas
Esperanto
Verb
lemas
- 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
- 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
- melemaskan
Further reading
- “lemas” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Adjective
lemas (Jawi spelling لمس)
- suffocation
- weary (exhausted to the point of weakness, from exertion)
- pliant (easy to bend, not rigid)
Descendants
- Indonesian: lemas
Further reading
- “lemas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Portuguese
Noun
lemas
- plural of lema
Spanish
Noun
lemas m pl
- plural of lema