lĕmah

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Old Javanese[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /lə.mah/
  • Rhymes: -mah
  • Hyphenation: lĕ‧mah

Etymology 1[edit]

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[edit]

lĕmah

  1. earth
  2. ground
  3. soil
  4. land
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
  • Javanese: ꦊꦩꦃ (lemah)
    • → Indonesian: lemah
  • → Balinese: ᬍᬫᬄ (lemah)

Etymology 2[edit]

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lemaq (“soft, weak, slack”).

Adjective[edit]

lĕmah

  1. aversion, dislike, distaste, reluctance, unwillingness
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Further reading[edit]

  • "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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