emas

See also: emäs and EMAS

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈemas/

• Audio

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Verb

emas

1. present of emi

Estonian

Noun

emas

1. inessive singular of ema

Indonesian

Chemical element
Au
Previous: platina (Pt)
Next: raksa (Hg)

Alternative forms

• mas

Etymology

Inherited from Malay emas.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /əmas/

• Audio

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Noun

êmas (first-person possessive emasku, second-person possessive emasmu, third-person possessive emasnya)

1. gold (element)
2. (dialect) a unit of mass about 2.5 gram for gold

Synonyms

• kencana
• aurum

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• beremas [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• mengemas [agent focus] (meN-)
• mengemasi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• mengemaskan [agent focus + causative benefactive] (meN- + -kan)
• peremasan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)
• keemasan [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)

• emas bebas
• emas biru
• emas cokelat
• emas epitermal
• emas galian
• emas hidrotermal
• emas hijau
• emas hitam
• emas juita
• emas kertas
• emas khayali
• emas kimpal
• emas kodok
• emas lanar
• emas lantak
• emas lantakan
• emas liplap
• emas mentah
• emas merah
• emas muda
• emas murni
• emas padu
• emas perak
• emas plaser
• emas pukal
• emas putih
• emas sepuluh mutu
• emas tambang
• emas tempaan
• emas tempawan
• emas terupam
• emas tongkang
• emas tua
• emas tulen
• emas urai
• emas urung

 

Further reading

• “emas” 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

Noun

emas

1. gold

Latin

Verb

emās

1. second-person singular present active subjunctive of emō

References

• emas in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Malay

Chemical element
Au
Previous: platinum (Pt)
Next: raksa (Hg)

Alternative forms

• mas, مس (colloquial)

Etymology

Several etymologies have been proposed:

• From Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “particular weight of gold”). Compare to Bengali মাস্ (maś).
• From Pre-Angkorian Old Khmer mās ~ mas (“gold”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *jmaas, an infixed form of *jaas (“to shine”). Compare Old Mon yimās (“shining (gold)”) and yās (“dawn; to shine”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ə.mas/
• Rhymes: -əmas, -mas, -as

Noun

emas (Jawi spelling امس, plural emas-emas, informal 1st possessive emasku, 2nd possessive emasmu, 3rd possessive emasnya)

1. gold (element)

   Synonyms: aurum, اٴوروم, kencana, کنچان

   pingat emas ― gold medal

   • 2022 June 14, Reuters, “Harga emas terendah dalam empat minggu”, in Malaysiakini‎^[1]:

     Harga emas berlegar menghampiri paras terendah dalam empat minggu apabila kekuatan dolar Amerika Syarikat membatasi permintaan terhadap aset selamat itu.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Derived terms

Affixed terms and other derivations

Regular affixed derivations:

• beremas [stative / habitual] (beR-)
• mengemas [agent focus] (meN-)
• mengemasi [agent focus + causative (locative) benefactive] (meN- + -i)
• keemasan [resemblance / passive] (ke-an)
• peremasan [causative passive + resultative / locative / collective / variety / verbal noun / fruit] (peR- + -an)

See also

• gangsa (“bronze”)
• perak (“silver”)
• tembaga (“copper”)

 

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “امس ĕmas”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 21
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “امس ĕmas”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 37
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “ĕmas”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume I, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 298

Further reading

• “emas” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• "emas" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.

Sundanese

Romanization

emas

1. Romanization of ᮈᮙᮞ᮪

Uzbek

Adverb

emas

1. not

Verb

emas

1. third-person singular indefinite future negative of *emoq