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.

• The past participle of lie (“tell a lie, not tell a truth”) is lied.
• The past participle of lay (“put down”) is 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:

     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

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

lain inan

1. part

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin.

• Hyphenation: la‧in
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔin/

láin

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/, [ˈlɑi̯n]
• Rhymes: -ɑin
• Syllabification^(key): lain

lain (not comparable)

1. (dated or poetic) Synonym of lainkaan.

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɑ(.)in/, [ˈlɑ(.)in]
• Rhymes: -ɑin, -ɑ.in
• Syllabification^(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 *lian (“to change appearance”). Cognate with Sundanese lian and Fijian lia.

lain

1. other, another, else

   Saya rasa saya harus mencari pekerjaan lain.

   I think I must look for another job.

   Pasti ada cara lain untuk menyelesaikan masalah ini.

   There must be another way to resolve this problem.

2. different, distinct

   Tingkah lakunya lain dari yang lain.

   His behavior is different from the others.

   Synonym: beda

3. next, second

• (Courland) laint

From Proto-Finnic *laineh.

lain

1. wave

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lian (“to change appearance”). Cognate with Sundanese lian and Fijian lia.

• IPA^(key): /lain/
• Rhymes: -ain, -in
• (Johor-Riau) 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.
• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary - *lian

lain

1. other

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

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

lain m

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) wood

• laing

• Hyphenation: la‧in
• IPA^(key): /ˈlaʔin/, [ˈla.ʔɪn]

lain

1. stalk and leaves of gabi (usually eaten as a vegetable)

• laing

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”).