Lai
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lai¹
- /laɪ/
Sounds like Leigh, lie, lye · Rhymes with -aɪ
Where it comes from
From Middle English lai, lay, from Old French lai (“song, lyric, poem”), from Old Frankish *laik, *laih (“play, melody, song”), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, *laikiz (“jump, play, dance, hymn”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump, spring, play”). Akin to Old High German leih (“a play, skit, melody, song”), Middle High German leich (“piece of music, epic song played on a harp”), Gothic 𐌻𐌰𐌹𐌺𐍃 (laiks, “a dance”), Old English lācan (“to move quickly, fence, sing”). More at lake.
noun lais · lay
- A mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance, with stanzas that do not repeat. To poetry and music, indeed, the whole Celto-Cymric race seem to have been strongly addicted; and, independently of the materials which Brittany may have supplied for the history of Geoffrey of Monmouth, many other true or romantic adventures were narrated by the Breton poets in their Lais.
Lai²
Rhymes with -aɪ
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Lai Lai.
proper noun
- A Tibeto-Burman language of India and Burma.
Lai³
Rhymes with -aɪ
Where it comes from
From Chinese 賴／赖 (lài) (Mandarin: lài, Cantonese: laai⁶, Hakka: lai).
proper noun
- A surname from Chinese.
Lai⁴
Rhymes with -aɪ
Where it comes from
From Cantonese 黎 (lai4).
proper noun
- A surname from Chinese.
LAI⁵
noun
- Initialism of leaf area index.leaf area index
