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Afrikaans
Pronunciation
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.
Pronunciation
Noun
laai f (plural laaien, diminutive laaitje n)
- flame
- glow
Synonyms
Derived terms
Verb
laai
- inflection of laaien:
- first-person singular present indicative
- imperative
Iu Mien
Adjective
laai
- last, final