lemari
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Indonesian
Etymology
Borrowed from Javanese ꦊꦩꦫꦶ (lemari, “cupboard; wardrobe”), from Portuguese armário (“cupboard”), from Latin armārium. Cognate of Malay almari, lemari, Classical Malay الماري (almari), لماري (lemari). Doublet of almari.
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ləˈmari/
- Rhymes: -ari
- Syllabification: le‧ma‧ri
Noun
lêmari (plural lemari-lemari, first-person possessive lemariku, second-person possessive lemarimu, third-person possessive lemarinya)
Affixed terms
Compounds
Descendants
- → Malay: lemari
Further reading
- “lemari” 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.
Javanese
Romanization
lemari
- Romanization of ꦊꦩꦫꦶ
Malay
Etymology
From Indonesian lemari, from Portuguese armário (“cupboard”), from Latin armārium.
Pronunciation
Noun
lemari (Jawi spelling الماري, plural lemari-lemari, informal 1st possessive lemariku, 2nd possessive lemarimu, 3rd possessive lemarinya)
Synonyms
- (chiefly Malaysia) almari