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Iban[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləmək (“fertile, of soil”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lemak
Adjective[edit]
lemak
- fatty taste
- Lemak amat kachang guring tu diempa
- These fried ground nuts have a fatty taste when eaten
- (of speech) pleasant seeming; too good to be true
- Jaku iya lemak
- His speech is too good to be true
Verb[edit]
lemak
- suppurate (to form pus)
- Telih iya belemak
- His wound is suppurating.
Indonesian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Malay lemak, from Classical Malay لمق (lĕmak), from Proto-Malayic [Term?], 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.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lêmak (plural lemak-lemak, first-person possessive lemakku, second-person possessive lemakmu, third-person possessive lemaknya)
- fat, grease
- (zoology) Hoven's carp, mad barb, sultan fish (Leptobarbus hoevenii).
- Synonym: jelawat
Adjective[edit]
lêmak
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “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.
Malay[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *ləmək (“fertile, of soil”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
lemak (Jawi spelling لمق, plural lemak-lemak, informal 1st possessive lemakku, 2nd possessive lemakmu, 3rd possessive lemaknya)
Derived terms[edit]
Affixed terms and other derivations
Descendants[edit]
- Indonesian: lemak
Further reading[edit]
- “lemak” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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