laai
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lɑːi̯/
Etymology 1
From Dutch laden with lenition of intervocalic -d-, from Middle Dutch lāden, from Old Dutch *ladan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną.
Etymology 2
From Dutch lade, from Middle Dutch lāde, from Old Dutch *latha, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþō.
Dutch
Etymology
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.
Pronunciation
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Synonyms
- (flame): vlam
Derived terms
- laaien, lichterlaaie, ontlaaien
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