lalai

lala +‎ -i

• IPA^(key): /laˈlai/
• Rhymes: -ai
• Hyphenation: la‧la‧i

lalai (present lalaas, past lalais, future lalaos, conditional lalaus, volitive lalau)

1. To imitate an infant's first attempts at speech.

Inherited from Malay lalai. Term is used for translation of Dutch onachtzaam.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlalai̯/
• Rhymes: -lai̯, -ai̯, -i
• Hyphenation: la‧lai

lalai (comparative lebih lalai, superlative paling lalai)

1. neglectful

• talai

• “lalai”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

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• IPA^(key): [la.laj]

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• Rhymes: -laj, -aj
• Hyphenation: la‧lai

lalai (Jawi spelling لالاي)

1. neglectful (tending to neglect)

   Synonyms: alpa, lepa, cuai, lengah

2. absent-minded, inadvertent

   Synonyms: leka, lupa, cuai

3. (electronics, computing) being a default setting or value

   Synonym: bawaan (Indonesian)

   pilihan lalai ― default option

• Indonesian: lalai

• “lalai”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017