ꦊꦩꦸ

Javanese

Alternative forms

  • Carakan: ꦊꦩꦸ
  • Roman: lêmu

Etymology

Inherited from Old Javanese lĕmu (“fatness”), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lemu (“weak, frail; gentle”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lə.mu/
  • Rhymes: -mu
  • Hyphenation: le‧mu

Adjective

ꦊꦩꦸ (lemu) (ngoko)

  1. fat, fleshy
  2. luxuriant

Synonyms

Further reading

  • The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta (2011) “lemu”, in Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa) [Javanese Language Dictionary (Javanese Dictionary)] (in Javanese), 2nd edition, Yogyakarta: Kanisius, →ISBN
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