lali

See also: Lali, láli, and lālì

Agutaynen

Noun

lali

1. man; boy

Anguthimri

Noun

lali

1. (Mpakwithi) harpoon

References

• Terry Crowley, The Mpakwithi dialect of Anguthimri (1981), page 186

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: la‧li

Noun

lali

1. mahi-mahi (Coryphaena hippurus)
2. Talang queenfish (Scomberoides commersonnianus)
3. doublespotted queenfish (Scomberoides lysan)

Anagrams

• lila

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay lali (“numb; insensitive”). Cognate of Javanese ꦭꦭꦶ (lali, “to forget; to neglect, to be indifferent; to be absorbed in”), Old Javanese lali (“to forget, fail to notice; to neglect, be indifferent”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlali/
• Hyphenation: la‧li
• Rhymes: -li, -i

Adjective

lali

1. numb
2. insensitive

Derived terms

• melali

 

Further reading

• “lali” 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.

Javanese

Etymology

From Old Javanese lali (“to forget, fail to notice; to neglect, be indifferent”).

Verb

lali

1. to forget

Malay

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lä.li/

Noun

lali (Jawi spelling لالي, plural lali-lali, informal 1st possessive laliku, 2nd possessive lalimu, 3rd possessive lalinya)

1. the Syncrossus hymenophysa; a species of freshwater fish in the loach family Botiidae.

Adjective

lali (Jawi spelling لالي)

1. dull, insensitive, having lost one's sense of touch on the skin.
2. normal; to be so used to a tragedy that its bad effects cannot be felt anymore.

   Synonyms: biasa, balu

Derived terms

• buku lali

Descendants

• Indonesian: lali

References

• Pijnappel, Jan (1875) “لالي lalei”, in Maleisch-Hollandsch woordenboek, John Enschede en Zonen, Frederik Muller, page 113
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1901) “لالي lali”, in A Malay-English dictionary, Hong Kong: Kelly & Walsh limited, page 601
• Wilkinson, Richard James (1932) “lali”, in A Malay-English dictionary (romanised), volume II, Mytilene, Greece: Salavopoulos & Kinderlis, page 9

Further reading

• “lali” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Old Javanese

Verb

lali

1. to forget

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈla.li/

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• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: la‧li

Verb

lali

1. third-person plural virile past of lać

Noun

lali f

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of lala

Rapa Nui

Adjective

lali

1. wet

Samoan

Noun

lali

1. log drum

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlali/ [ˈlaː.lɪ]
• Rhymes: -ali
• Syllabification: la‧li

Noun

lali (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜎᜒ)

1. goldfish

   Synonyms: isdang ginto, goldpis

Anagrams

• lila