lamis

Indonesian

Etymology

Borrowed from Javanese ꦭꦩꦶꦱ꧀ (lamis, “feigned, insincere, sham; nice”).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlamis/ [ˈla.mɪs]
• Rhymes: -amis
• Syllabification: la‧mis

Adjective

lamis (comparative lebih lamis, superlative paling lamis)

1. feigned, insincere, sham.

Further reading

• “lamis”, 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

Latin

Noun

lāmīs

1. dative/ablative plural of lāma