lemari

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦊꦩꦫꦶ (lemari, “cupboard; wardrobe”), from Portuguese armário (“cupboard”), from Latin armārium. Cognate of Malay almari, lemari, Classical Malay الماري (almari), لماري (lemari). Doublet of almari.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ləˈmari/ [ləˈma.ri]
• Rhymes: -ari
• Syllabification: le‧ma‧ri

Noun

lêmari (plural lemari-lemari)

1. cupboard, wardrobe

   Synonyms: almari, gerobok

Affixed terms

• berlemari
• berlemari-lemari

Compounds

• lemari besi
• lemari buku
• lemari es
• lemari ganti
• lemari gantung
• lemari kartu indeks
• lemari kompak
• lemari makan
• lemari pakaian
• lemari pendingin
• lemari pendingin daging
• lemari rias
• lemari sudut
• lemari tanam

Descendants

• → Malay: lemari

Further reading

• “lemari” 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

lemari

1. romanization of ꦊꦩꦫꦶ

Malay

Etymology

From Indonesian lemari, from Portuguese armário (“cupboard”), from Latin armārium.

Pronunciation

• (Pontianak) IPA^(key): /ləmaɣi/

Noun

lemari (Jawi spelling الماري, plural lemari-lemari)

1. (Indonesia, West Kalimantan) cupboard

Synonyms

• (chiefly Malaysia) almari