laai

Afrikaans

Etymology 1

From Dutch laden with the chiefly southern Dutch dialectal development -ade- → -aaie-.

Verb

laai (present laai, present participle laaiende, past participle gelaai)

1. to load

Etymology 2

From Dutch lade with the same development as above. The predominant form in contemporary Dutch is la (with another, chiefly northern Dutch, type of contraction).

Noun

laai (plural laaie, diminutive laaitjie)

1. drawer (box)

Etymology 3

From Dutch laai.

Noun

laai (plural laaie, diminutive laaitjie)

1. flame

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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.

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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. (deprecated template usage) first-person singular present indicative of laaien
2. (deprecated template usage) imperative of laaien

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Adjective

laai 

1. last, final