laai
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑːi̯/
Etymology 1
From Dutch laden with lenition of intervocalic -d-, from Middle Dutch lāden, from Old Dutch *ladan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.
Verb
laai (present laai, present participle laaiende, past participle gelaai)
- to load
Etymology 2
From Dutch lade, from Middle Dutch lāde, from Old Dutch *latha, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþō.
Noun
laai (plural laaie, diminutive laaitjie)
- drawer (box)
Etymology 3
From Dutch laai.
Noun
laai (plural laaie, diminutive laaitjie)
- flame
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch laeye, from Proto-West Germanic *laugi. It could have been borrowed through an unattested Old Frisian term.
See also Old English līeġ, Old High German loug and Old Norse leygr. Compare also German Lohe (“flame”), an ablaut variant of the latter two.
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Noun
laai f (plural laaien, diminutive laaitje n)
- flame
- glow
Synonyms
- (flame): vlam
Derived terms
- laaien, lichterlaaie, ontlaaien
Verb
laai
- first-person singular present indicative of laaien
- imperative of laaien
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Adjective
laai
- last, final