Afrikaans

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

Dutch

Pronunciation

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.

Noun

laai f ‎(plural laaien, diminutive laaitje n)

1. flame
2. glow

Synonyms

• (flame): vlam

Derived terms

• laaien, lichterlaaie, ontlaaien

Verb

laai

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