laip

From Middle High German līp, from Old High German līb, from Proto-Germanic *lībą (“body; life”). Cognate with German Leib, English life.

laip m

1. (Luserna) body

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Coined ex nihilo by Johannes Aavik in 1917. Influenced by German Leib (“body”) and Estonian raibe (“carcass, carrion”).

laip (genitive laiba, partitive laipa)

1. corpse, dead body

From English life.

laip

1. life
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:20:

     Bihain God i tok olsem, “Solwara i mas pulap long ol kain kain samting i gat laip. Na ol pisin i mas kamap na flai nabaut long skai.”

     →New International Version translation