emas

See also: emäs and EMAS

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈemas/

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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 (colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Malay emas. See there for further etymology.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /əˈmas/ [əˈmas]

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• Rhymes: -as
• Syllabification: e‧mas

Noun

êmas (countable and uncountable, plural emas-emas)

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

Synonyms

• kencana (dialectal, uncommon)
• aurum (formal, uncommon)

Affixations

• beremas (“having gold”)
• keemas-emasan (“goldish”)
• keemasan (“goldness”)
• peremasan (“golden item, golden layer”)

uncommon or rare

• emasi (“to cover with gold”)
• emaskan (“to exchange with gold”)
• mengemas (“to gold, to appear gold”)

Compounds

• emas biru (“blue gold”)
• emas cokelat (“clove”)
• emas hijau (“green gold”)
• emas hitam (“black gold”)
• emas kertas (“paper gold”)
• emas kodok (“platinum”)
• emas lantak (“gold bar”)
• emas lantakan (“gold bar”)
• emas merah (“red gold”)
• emas putih (“white gold”)

uncommon or rare

• emas juita (“dear; baby”)
• emas perak (“gold and silver; wealth”)

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 (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: -as

Noun

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

1. gold (element)

   Synonyms: aurum, kencana

   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)

Descendants

• Indonesian: emas

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

Etymology

Probbaly from Sanskrit माष (māṣa, “particular weight of gold”).

Noun

emas (Sundanese script ᮈᮙᮞ᮪)

1. gold

   Synonym: kancana

Uzbek

Adverb

emas

1. not

Verb

emas

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