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

• IPA^(key): [ləˈmari]
• Hyphenation: lê‧ma‧ri

Noun

lêmari (plural lemari-lemari, first-person possessive lemariku, second-person possessive lemarimu, third-person possessive lemarinya)

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, informal 1st possessive lemariku, 2nd possessive lemarimu, 3rd possessive lemarinya)

1. (Indonesia, West Kalimantan) cupboard

Synonyms

• (chiefly Malaysia) almari