lali

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See also: Lali, láli, and lālì

Agutaynen

Noun

lali

  1. man; boy

Anguthimri

Noun

lali

  1. (Mpakwithi) harpoon

References

  • Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Cebuano

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: la‧li

Noun

lali

  1. mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus)
  2. Talang queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianus)
  3. doublespotted queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)

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Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lali (“numb; insensitive”). Cognate of Javanese ꦭꦭꦶ (lali, “to forget; to neglect, to be indifferent; to be absorbed in”), Old Javanese lali (“to forget, fail to notice; to neglect, be indifferent”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlali/
  • Hyphenation: la‧li
  • Rhymes: -li, -i

Adjective

lali

  1. numb
  2. insensitive

Derived terms

Further reading

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese lali (“to forget, fail to notice; to neglect, be indifferent”).

Verb

lali

  1. to forget

Malay

Pronunciation

Noun

lali (Jawi spelling لالي, plural lali-lali, informal 1st possessive laliku, 2nd possessive lalimu, 3rd possessive lalinya)

  1. the Syncrossus hymenophysa; a species of freshwater fish in the loach family Botiidae.

Adjective

lali (Jawi spelling لالي)

  1. dull, insensitive, having lost one's sense of touch on the skin.
  2. normal; to be so used to a tragedy that its bad effects cannot be felt anymore.
    Synonyms: biasa, balu

Derived terms

Descendants

  • Indonesian: lali

References

  • Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “لالي lalei”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 113
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “لالي lali”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 601
  • Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “lali”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 9

Further reading

Old Javanese

Verb

lali

  1. to forget

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈla.li/
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  • Rhymes: -ali
  • Syllabification: la‧li

Verb

lali

  1. third-person plural virile past of lać

Noun

lali f

  1. genitive/dative/locative singular of lala

Rapa Nui

Adjective

lali

  1. wet

Samoan

Noun

lali

  1. log drum

Tagalog

Pronunciation

Noun

lali (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎᜒ)

  1. goldfish
    Synonyms: isdang ginto, goldpis

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