lemah
Balinese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lə.mah/
- Rhymes: -ah
- Hyphenation: le‧mah
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Old Javanese lĕmah (“earth; ground; soil; land”).
Noun
lemah (Balinese script ᬍᬫᬄ)
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
lemah (Balinese script ᬍᬫᬄ)
Adjective
lemah (Balinese script ᬍᬫᬄ)
- during day
Further reading
- “lemah” in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia], Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali].
Indonesian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ləmah/
- Rhymes: -əmah, -mah, -ah
Etymology 1
From Malay lemah, from Classical Malay lemah, from (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləməq (“soft, weak, flexible”).
Adjective
lemah
- weak (lacking in force or ability)
Derived terms
- dilemahkan
- diperlemah
- kelemahan
- melemah
- melemahkan
- memperlemah
- memperlemahkan
- pelemahan
- terlemah
- terlemahkan
- lemah gemalai
- lemah gemulai
- lemah hati
- lemah iman
- lemah langlai
- lemah lembut
- lemah lunglai
- lemah mental
- lemah otak
- lemah persendian
- lemah pikiran
- lemah roman
- lemah saraf
- lemah semangat
- lemah syahwat
- lemah tulang
- lemah urat
- lemah zakar
Etymology 2
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
lemah (plural lemah-lemah)
Etymology 3
From Javanese ꦊꦩꦃ (lemah), from Old Javanese lĕmah, probably from Proto-Mon-Khmer *sləmʔ (“discoloured”) (compare with Vietnamese lấm (“be soiled, be smeared (by mud or dirt)”)).
Noun
lemah (plural lemah-lemah)
- (very rare) land
Further reading
- “lemah” 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
lemah
- romanization of ꦊꦩꦃ
Malay
Etymology
From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləməq (“soft, weak, flexible”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ləmah/
- Rhymes: -əmah, -mah, -ah
Adjective
lemah (Jawi spelling لمه)
- weak (lacking in force or ability)
Derived terms
- kelemahan
- melemahkan
Descendants
Further reading
- “lemah” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Sundanese
Etymology
From Old Sundanese lĕmah, from Old Javanese lĕmah. Cognate with Javanese ꦊꦩꦃ (lemah)
Noun
lemah (Sundanese script ᮜᮨᮙᮂ)
Derived terms
- lemah cai
- lemah irengan
- lemah maneuh
- ngalelemah
- ngalemah
- oray lemah
- palemahan
Further reading
- "LĔMAH", in Coolsma, S (1913) Soendaneesch-Hollandsch Woordenboek (in Dutch), Leiden: A.W. Sijthoff's Uitgeversmaatschappij
- "lemah" in Maman Sumantri, Atjep Djamaludin, Achmad Patoni, R.H. Moch. Koerdie, M.O. Koesman, Epa Sjafei Adisastra. (1985) Kamus Sunda-Indonesia [Sundanese-Indonesian Dictionary] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Department of Education and Culture of the Republic of Indonesia