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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
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
Further reading
Malay
Pronunciation
Adjective
lemas (Jawi spelling لمس)
- suffocation
- weary (exhausted to the point of weakness, from exertion)
- pliant (easy to bend, not rigid)
Descendants
Noun
lemas (Jawi spelling لمس, plural lemas-lemas, informal 1st possessive lemasku, 2nd possessive lemasmu, 3rd possessive lemasnya)
- drowning
Further reading
Portuguese
Noun
lemas
- plural of lema
Spanish
Noun
lemas m pl
- plural of lema