# lain
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /leɪn/
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* Rhymes: -eɪn
* Homophones: lane

### Etymology 1

Inflected forms.

#### Verb

lain
* 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.
* (colloquial) past participle of lay (“to put down”)
    Synonym: laid

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

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”).

#### Alternative forms

* lean, len (dialectal)

#### Verb

lain (third-person singular simple present lains, present participle laining, simple past and past participle lained)
* (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(please add an English translation of this quotation)

### Anagrams

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

## Basque
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lai̯n/ [lãĩ̯n]
* Rhymes: -ai̯n
* Hyphenation: lain

### Noun

lain inan
* part

#### Declension
## Bikol Central
### Etymology

From Western Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laqin.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlaʔin/ [ˈl̪a.ʔin̪]
* Hyphenation: la‧in

### Adjective

láin (Basahan spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)
* different
    Synonym: iba

#### Derived terms

* kalainan
* lain-lain
* lainon
* maglain
* malain

## Cebuano
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: la‧in
* IPA: /ˈlaʔin/ [ˈl̪a.ʔɪn̪]

### Adjective

lain
* distinct, different
* other

### Determiner

lain
* another, other

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

See lainkaan.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑi̯n/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯n]
* Rhymes: -ɑin
* Hyphenation: lain

#### Adverb

lain (not comparable)
* (dated or poetic) Synonym of lainkaan.

#### Further reading

* “lain”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (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

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlɑi̯n/, [ˈlɑ̝i̯n]
* IPA: /ˈlɑ.in/, [ˈlɑ̝.in]
* Rhymes: -ɑin, -ɑ.in
* Hyphenation: lain, la‧in

#### Noun

lain
* inflection of laki:
** genitive singular
** instructive plural

### Anagrams

* alin, lian, nila

## Indonesian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lain/
* Rhymes: -ain, -in

### Adjective

lain
* other, another, else
    Aku sebaiknya mencari pekerjaan lain.I should look for another job.
* different, distinct
    Synonym: beda
    Perilakunya lain daripada temannya.His behavior is different from his friends.
* (dated) except, unless
    Synonym: kecuali

#### Derived terms

* berkelainan
* berlainan
* kelainan
* melaini
* melainkan
* memperlain
* memperlainkan
* perlainan

### Further reading

* “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.

## Livonian
### Alternative forms

* (Courland) laint

### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lainëh.

### Noun

lain
* wave

## Maguindanao
### Adjective

lain
* other

## Malay
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Adjective

lain (Jawi spelling لاءين)
* other
    Orang lainOther people
* different
    Lain dahulu lain sekarang...'Twas different then, 'tis different now...

#### Derived terms

* kelainan
* lain kali
* lain-lain
* melainkan
* selain

### Further reading

* “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

## Mansaka
### Adjective

lain
* other

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

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

### Etymology

From Latin lignum. Compare Ladin lën, Friulian len.

### Noun

lain m
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Puter, Vallader) wood

## Tagalog
### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

lain (Baybayin spelling ᜎᜁᜈ᜔)
* Alternative form of laing: stalk and leaves of gabi (usually eaten as a vegetable)

### Anagrams

* alin, Lina, inla, nila, ilan

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English line.

### Noun

lain
* line; row; queue
* 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

## Welsh
### Noun

lain
* Soft mutation of glain (“bead”).