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)

1. ground, soil
2. landscape

Etymology 2

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

Noun

lemah (Balinese script ᬍᬫᬄ)

1. day, daytime
2. reality

Adjective

lemah (Balinese script ᬍᬫᬄ)

1. during day

Further reading

• “lemah”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), 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”). Doublet of lemak.

Adjective

lemah

1. 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)

1. (zoology) False trevally (Lactarius lactarius)

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)

1. (very rare) land

Further reading

• “lemah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Javanese

Romanization

lemah

1. 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, comparative lebih lemah, superlative paling lemah)

1. weak (lacking in force or ability)

Derived terms

• kelemahan
• melemahkan

Descendants

• Indonesian: lemah
• → Tausug: lamma

Further reading

• "lemah" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), 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)

1. earth, soil

   Synonyms: taneuh, tanah

2. land; plot

   Synonyms: tanah, lahan

3. (uncommon) place

   Synonyms: tempat, enggon

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