lĕmah

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

Etymology 2

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

Adjective

lĕmah

  1. aversion, dislike, distaste, reluctance, unwillingness
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Further reading

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