laip
Cimbrian
Etymology
From Middle High German līp, from Old High German līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“body; life”). Cognate with German Leib, English life.
Noun
laip m
References
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Estonian
Etymology
Coined ex nihilo by Johannes Aavik in 1917. Influenced by German Leib (“body”) and Estonian raibe (“carcass, carrion”).
Noun
laip (genitive laiba, partitive laipa)
Declension
| Declension of laip (ÕS type 22u/leib, p-b gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | laip | laibad | |
| accusative | nom. | ||
| gen. | laiba | ||
| genitive | laipade | ||
| partitive | laipa | laipu laipasid | |
| illative | laipa laibasse |
laipadesse laibusse | |
| inessive | laibas | laipades laibus | |
| elative | laibast | laipadest laibust | |
| allative | laibale | laipadele laibule | |
| adessive | laibal | laipadel laibul | |
| ablative | laibalt | laipadelt laibult | |
| translative | laibaks | laipadeks laibuks | |
| terminative | laibani | laipadeni | |
| essive | laibana | laipadena | |
| abessive | laibata | laipadeta | |
| comitative | laibaga | laipadega | |
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Noun
laip