lĕmah

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
  • kalĕmahan
  • lĕmahĕn
  • palĕmahan
  • kĕmbaṅ iṅ lĕmah
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
Alternative forms
  • lĕmĕh
Derived terms
  • alĕmĕh

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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