Word form | pengemis |
LWT meaning(s) | |
Comments on word | Transparently contains the agentive prefix peng-, and related to mengemis ‘to beg’, but the root *kemis is not used in Indonesian with this meaning. Mengemis ‘to beg’ was borrowed from Javanese ngemis, see below. |
Analyzability | semi-analyzable |
Age | Early Malay [27] (500–1700) |
Register | General |