laai
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
Noun
laai (plural laaie, diminutive laaitjie)
Dutch
Etymology
From Middle Dutch laeye. Further origin unsettled. It could be from an unattested Old Frisian term, from Proto-Germanic *laugijaz, and thus a cognate of 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)
Synonyms
- (flame): vlam
Derived terms
Verb
laai
- (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of laaien
- (deprecated template usage) imperative of laaien
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Adjective
laai
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