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)

1. 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)

1. drawer (box)

Etymology 3

From Dutch laai.

Noun

laai (plural laaie, diminutive laaitjie)

1. 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.

Pronunciation

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Noun

laai f (plural laaien, diminutive laaitje n)

1. flame
2. glow

Synonyms

• (flame): vlam

Derived terms

• laaien, lichterlaaie, ontlaaien

Verb

laai

1. inflection of laaien:
   1. first-person singular present indicative
   2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
   3. imperative

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Adjective

laai 

1. last, final