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Lai vs Wai - What's the difference?

lai | wai |

As a noun lai

is interest.

lai

English

Noun

(en noun)
  • (historical) A mostly North European form of medieval song, with stanzas that do not repeat.

    • See also

    * ("lai" on Wikipedia)

    Anagrams

    * ----

    wai

    English

    Etymology 1

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    Noun

    (en noun)
  • A Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow.

    • Etymology 2

    Phonetic respelling of why.

    Adverb

    (-)
  • (label) why (a purposeful misspelling)

    • Conjunction

    (en-conjunction)
  • (label) why (a purposeful misspelling)

    • Anagrams

    * * ---- ==Aka-Bea==

    Adverb

    (head)
  • indeed

    • References

    * Edward Horace Man, A Dictionary of the South Andaman (Aka-Bea) language (1923) ---- =='Are'are==

    Noun

    (head)
  • fresh water

    • Antonyms

    *

    References

    * Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary ----