lain

• IPA^(key): /leɪn/

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• Rhymes: -eɪn
• Homophones: lane

Inflected forms.

lain

1. past participle of lie (“to be oriented in a horizontal position, situated”)

   He had lain there for many hours.

   The book had lain on the attic floor until it was found decades later.

2. (colloquial) past participle of lay (“to put down”)

   Synonym: laid

From Middle English lainen, leynen, from Old Norse leyna (“to conceal”) and Old English līeġnan (“to deny; conceal”); both from Proto-Germanic *laugnijaną, from Proto-Germanic *laugnō (“secrecy”).

• lean, len (dialectal)

lain (third-person singular simple present lains, present participle laining, simple past and past participle lained)

1. (obsolete) To conceal, keep quiet about. [14th–19th c.]
   • 1485, Sir Thomas Malory, “j”, in Le Morte Darthur, book XX (in Middle English):

     Also broder sir Agrauayne and sir mordred in lyke wyse sir Launcelot rescowed yow bothe and thre score and two from sir Turquyn / Me thynketh broder suche kynde dedes and kyndenes shold be remembryd / doo as ye lyst sayd syr Agrauayne for I wylle layne it no lenger

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

• I-lan, INLA, Ilan, LNAI, Lani, Lian, Lina, Nila, anil, nail

• IPA^(key): /lai̯n/ [lãĩ̯n]
• Rhymes: -ai̯n
• Hyphenation: lain

lain inan

1. part

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔin/ [ˈl̪a.ʔin̪]
• Hyphenation: la‧in

láin (Basahan spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

1. different

   Synonym: iba

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin (cf. Bikol Central lain, Indonesian lain and Malay lain).

• Hyphenation: la‧in
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔin/ [ˈl̪a.ʔɪn̪]

lain

1. distinct, different
2. other

lain

1. another, other

See lainkaan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯n/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɑin
• Hyphenation^(key): lain

lain (not comparable)

1. (dated or poetic) Synonym of lainkaan.

• “lain”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑi̯n/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯n]
• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ.in/, [ˈlɑ̝.in]
• Rhymes: -ɑin, -ɑ.in
• Hyphenation^(key): lain, la‧in

lain

1. inflection of laki:
   1. genitive singular
   2. instructive plural

• alin, lian, nila

From Malay lain, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin. Cognate with Cebuano lain and Bikol Central lain.

• IPA^(key): /lain/
• Rhymes: -ain, -in

lain

1. other, another, else

   Aku sebaiknya mencari pekerjaan lain.

   I should look for another job.

2. different, distinct

   Synonym: beda

   Perilakunya lain daripada temannya.

   His behavior is different from his friends.

3. (dated) except, unless

   Synonym: kecuali

• “lain” 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.

• (Courland) laint

From Proto-Finnic *lainëh.

lain

1. wave

lain

1. other

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin. Cognate with Cebuano lain and Bikol Central lain.

• (Baku, Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): /lain/
• (Perak) IPA^(key): /laen/
• Rhymes: -ain, -in
• (Johor-Selangor, Riau-Lingga) IPA^(key): [läʲɪn, -ʲen, -ʲe̞n]

lain (Jawi spelling لاءين)

1. other

   Orang lain

   Other people

2. different

   Lain dahulu lain sekarang...

   'Twas different then, 'tis different now...

• “lain” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*lian”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

lain

1. other

• len (Sutsilvan)
• lenn (Sursilvan, Surmiran)

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

lain m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) wood

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔin/ [ˈlaː.ʔɪn̪]
• Rhymes: -aʔin
• Syllabification: la‧in

lain (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)

1. Alternative form of laing: stalk and leaves of gabi (usually eaten as a vegetable)

• alin, Lina, inla, nila, ilan

From English line.

lain

1. line; row; queue
2. group; family; clan; tribe; cohort
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:15:

     Na bai mi mekim yu i stap birua bilong meri, na meri i stap birua bilong yu. Na bai mi mekim ol lain bilong yu i birua long lain bilong meri. Bai ol i krungutim het bilong yu, na bai yu kaikaim lek bilong ol.”

     →New International Version translation

lain

1. Soft mutation of glain (“bead”).