lalai
Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /laˈlai/
- Rhymes: -ai
- Hyphenation: la‧la‧i
Verb
lalai (present lalaas, past lalais, future lalaos, conditional lalaus, volitive lalau)
- To imitate an infant's first attempts at speech.
Indonesian
Etymology
Inherited from Malay lalai. Term is used for translation of Dutch onachtzaam.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈlalai̯/
- Rhymes: -lai̯, -ai̯, -i
- Hyphenation: la‧lai
Adjective
lalai (comparative lebih lalai, superlative paling lalai)
Alternative forms
Synonyms
Derived terms
- berlalai-lalai
- kelalaian
- melalaikan
- memperlalaikan
- pelalai
- pelalaian
- terlalai
- terlalaikan
Further reading
- “lalai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Malay
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [la.laj]
Audio (Malaysia): (file)
- Rhymes: -laj, -aj
- Hyphenation: la‧lai
Adjective
lalai (Jawi spelling لالاي)
- neglectful (tending to neglect)
- absent-minded, inadvertent
- (electronics, computing) being a default setting or value
- pilihan lalai ― default option
Affixations
- berlalai-lalai
- kelalaian
- lalaikan
- melalaikan
- pelalai
- pelalaian
- perlalaikan
- terlalai
Compounds
- tali lalai
Descendants
- Indonesian: lalai
Further reading
- “lalai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.