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laai

Afrikaans

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Etymology 1

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From Dutch laden with lenition of intervocalic -d-, from Middle Dutch lāden, from Old Dutch *ladan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.

Verb

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

  1. to load

Etymology 2

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From Dutch lade, from Middle Dutch lāde, from Old Dutch *latha, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþō.

Noun

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laai (plural laaie, diminutive laaitjie)

  1. drawer (box)

Etymology 3

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From Dutch laai.

Noun

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laai (plural laaie, diminutive laaitjie)

  1. flame

Dutch

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Etymology

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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.

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Noun

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laai f (plural laaien, diminutive laaitje n)

  1. flame
  2. glow

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Verb

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laai

  1. inflection of laaien:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. imperative

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Adjective

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laai 

  1. last, final
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