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lemas.

weary (exhausted to the point of weakness, from exertion)

5 characters2 syllables approx.Bahasa Indonesia language

Meaning & usage

adj/ləˈmas/Standard-Indonesian[ləˈmas]Standard-Indonesian
  1. weary (exhausted to the point of weakness, from exertion)

  2. pliant (easy to bend, not rigid)

  3. flexible, supple

  4. weak, soft

  5. polite, refined, courteous

  6. gentle

  7. suffocating, stifling

    dialectal
  8. asphyxiated

    dialectal
  9. adynamia: lack or loss of strength, usually due to a disease

Where this word comes from

From Malay lemas (“suffocate; drowning”). * Semantic loan from Javanese ꦊꦩꦼꦱ꧀ (lemes, “pliant, supple; weak, soft; refined, smooth; yielding”), Old Javanese lĕmĕs (“pliancy, suppleness, slenderness; softness, silkiness”). * Semantic loan from Sundanese lemes (“refined, smooth”).

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