lemak

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləmək (“fertile, of soil”).

• IPA^(key): /ləmea̯ʔ/

lemak

1. fat, grease
2. soapstone

lemak

1. fatty taste

   Lemak amat kachang guring tu diempa

   These fried ground nuts have a fatty taste when eaten

2. (of speech) pleasant seeming; too good to be true

   Jaku iya lemak

   His speech is too good to be true

lemak

1. suppurate (to form pus)

   Telih iya belemak

   His wound is suppurating.

• IPA^(key): [ləˈmaʔ]
• Rhymes: -maʔ
• Hyphenation: lê‧mak

Inherited from Malay lemak, from Proto-Malayic *ləmək, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləmək (“fertile, of soil”).

• The sense of tasty, delicious is a semantic loan from Minangkabau lamak, from the same Proto-Malayic term.

lêmak (plural lemak-lemak)

1. fat
   1. a specialized animal tissue with high lipid content, used for long-term storage of energy: fat tissue
   2. the fatty portion of (or trimmings from) meat cuts
   3. a lipid that is solid at room temperature, which fat tissue contains and which is also found in the blood circulation; sometimes, a refined substance chemically resembling such naturally occurring lipids
2. grease
   1. animal fat in a melted or soft state
   2. (by extension) any oily or fatty matter

      Synonym: gemuk

3. (organic chemistry, proscribed) lipid: any of a group of organic compounds including the fats, oils, waxes, sterols, and triglycerides. Lipids are characterized by being insoluble in water, and account for most of the fat present in the human body

   Synonym: lipida

lêmak (dialectal)

1. tasty, delicious

   Synonyms: enak, lezat, sedap

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

lêmak

1. hoven's carp, mad barb, sultan fish (Leptobarbus hoevenii)

   Synonym: jelawat

• “lemak” 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.

From Proto-Malayic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləmək (“fertile, of soil”).

• IPA^(key): /ləmaʔ/, [ləˈmäʔ]
• Rhymes: -maʔ, -aʔ

lemak (Jawi spelling لمق, plural lemak-lemak)

1. fat, grease

• Indonesian: lemak

• “lemak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.