"laai" meaning in Afrikaans

See laai in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /lɑːi̯/ Forms: laaie [plural], laaitjie [diminutive]
Etymology: From Dutch lade, from Middle Dutch lāde, from Old Dutch *latha, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþō. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|lade}} Dutch lade, {{inh|af|dum|lāde}} Middle Dutch lāde, {{inh|af|odt|*latha}} Old Dutch *latha, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*hlaþō}} Proto-Germanic *hlaþō Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|laaie|||||diminutive|laaitjie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} laai (plural laaie, diminutive laaitjie), {{af-noun|laaie|laaitjie}} laai (plural laaie, diminutive laaitjie)
  1. drawer (box)
    Sense id: en-laai-af-noun-5Q0K1VG2 Categories (other): Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Afrikaans entries with incorrect language header: 90 5 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

IPA: /lɑːi̯/ Forms: laaie [plural], laaitjie [diminutive]
Etymology: From Dutch laai. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|laai}} Dutch laai Head templates: {{head|af|noun|||plural|laaie|||||diminutive|laaitjie|||||||f2accel-form=p|f2request=1|f5accel-form=diminutive|head=}} laai (plural laaie, diminutive laaitjie), {{af-noun|laaie|laaitjie}} laai (plural laaie, diminutive laaitjie)
  1. flame
    Sense id: en-laai-af-noun-vZ3F942s
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 3

Verb

IPA: /lɑːi̯/ Forms: laai [present], laaiende [participle, present], gelaai [participle, past]
Etymology: From Dutch laden with lenition of intervocalic -d-, from Middle Dutch lāden, from Old Dutch *ladan, from Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną. Etymology templates: {{inh|af|nl|laden}} Dutch laden, {{inh|af|dum|lāden}} Middle Dutch lāden, {{inh|af|odt|*ladan}} Old Dutch *ladan, {{inh|af|gem-pro|*hlaþaną}} Proto-Germanic *hlaþaną Head templates: {{af-verb|laaiende|gelaai}} laai (present laai, present participle laaiende, past participle gelaai)
  1. to load
    Sense id: en-laai-af-verb-uzmjM6HH
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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