lalai

Esperanto

Etymology

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Esperanto lala

Proto-Italic *-jezi

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Latin -ereinflu.

Latin -īre

French -irbor.?

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Latin -īre

Spanish -irbor.?

Proto-Indo-European *-yétider.

Latin -īre

Old Galician-Portuguese -ir

Portuguese -irbor.?

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Latin -ire

Italian -irebor.?

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Latin -iō

Romanian -ibor.?

Esperanto -i

Esperanto lalai

From lala + -i.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laˈlai/
• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: la‧la‧i

Verb

lalai (present lalaas, past lalais, future lalaos, conditional lalaus, volitive lalau)

1. To imitate an infant's first attempts at speech.

Indonesian

Etymology

Inherited from Malay lalai. Term is used for translation of Dutch onachtzaam.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈlalai̯/ [ˈla.lai̯]
• Rhymes: -alai̯
• Syllabification: la‧lai

Adjective

lalai (comparative lebih lalai, superlative paling lalai)

1. neglectful

Alternative forms

• talai

Synonyms

• abai
• cabar
• cuai
• lali
• lengah
• lengai
• lewa
• lupa

Derived terms

• berlalai-lalai
• kelalaian
• melalaikan
• memperlalaikan
• pelalai
• pelalaian
• terlalai
• terlalaikan

Further reading

• “lalai”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Malay

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [la.laj]

  • Audio (Malaysia):

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• Rhymes: -lai̯, -ai̯
• Hyphenation: la‧lai

Adjective

lalai (Jawi spelling لالاي, comparative lebih lalai, superlative paling lalai)

1. neglectful (tending to neglect)

   Synonyms: alpa, lepa, cuai, lengah

2. absent-minded, inadvertent

   Synonyms: leka, lupa, cuai

3. (electronics, computing) being a default setting or value

   Synonym: bawaan (Indonesian)

   pilihan lalai ― default option

Affixations

• berlalai-lalai
• kelalaian
• lalaikan
• melalaikan
• pelalai
• pelalaian
• perlalaikan
• terlalai

Compounds

• tali lalai

Descendants

• Indonesian: lalai

Further reading

• "lalai" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017
  (also see "lalai" at PRPM first version)