An ai,Bradypus tridactylus Originated 1685–95, fromBrazilian Portuguese aí Old Tupi a'y
ai (plural ais or ai
A type ofthree-toed sloth Bradypus tridactylus “ai”, inThe American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language Houghton Mifflin ,2000 ,→ISBN “ai ”, inDictionary.com Unabridged ,Dictionary.com, LLC , 1995–present. Contraction ofaight all right
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( slang , US ) All right .Ai , let's go.
ai classII gender mf
fish (general term)food ,meat forconsumption Generally feminine for sense "fish", potentially masculine for sense "food".
Lock, Arjen (2011 ),Abau Grammar (Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages)[1] 57 , Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL-PNG Academic Publications p.62 (feminine gender noted for all fish) p.67, Table 21 (listed under Class 2, Feminine) SIL International (2020 ), “Abau Dictionary”, inWebonary.org [2] ai
water Sidney Herbert Ray,A comparative study of the Melanesian Island languages (1926), page 351 FromProto-Albanian *au̯ý Proto-Indo-European *h₂au̯ ( “ away, from ” ) andProto-Indo-European *sos ( “ that ” ) .[ 1]
ai m accusative atë dative atij ablative atij
he Forms ofai (3rd person masculine singular) nominative ai ablative atij tij full form clitic accusative atë e dative atij i possessive adjective possessive pronoun itij itiji
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that ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021 ), “ai ”, inDPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian ai
water Darrell T. Tryon,New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976) ai
banana transnewguinea.org , citing Franklin KJ. 1975.Comments on Proto-Engan. In SA Wurm, Ed. New Guinea Area Languages and Language Study: Papuan languages and the New Guinea linguistic scene. Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, pp. 263-275.'ai
penis ai
ah !,alas !woe !expressespain ,sorrow , orsurprise ai FromProto-Oceanic *waiʀ Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ
ai
water ( clear liquid H₂O ) river ,lake FromEnglish eye
ai
eye headlight of a carseed FromEnglish I
ai
I FromEnglish high
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high ,tall ai
ouch ( pain ) ,ooh ( pain ) ai m plural ais
ooh ( pain ) ai
First person singular general possessive;my (used with general-class objects) ai
second-person singular indicative present ofavè “avè ” inAiaccinu: Cunghjugatori corsu ạị
water ai
water Bradypus tridactylus Borrowed fromPortuguese ai Old Tupi ai
ai m plural ais nodiminutive )
pale-throated sloth ( Bradypus tridactylus ) Synonym: drievingerige luiaard ai
ow ,ouch CompareEstonian ai Ingrian ai Karelian ai Ludian ai Veps ai Votic ai Swedish aj Norwegian aj Latvian aj
IPA (key ) : /ˈɑi̯/ ,[ˈɑ̝i̯] Rhymes:-ɑi Syllabification(key ) :ai Hyphenation(key ) :ai ai
ouch !oh !Ai , se olitkin sinä!Oh , it was you!( colloquial , interrogative particle) oh ...?as in ...?"Käytkö kaupassa?" "Ai , ruokakaupassa? " "Will you go to the shop?" "Oh , the food shop? " ai
first-person singular present indicative ofavoir J'ai un chien. Ihave a dog. FromLatin allium
ai m plural ais
garlic FromOld Galician-Portuguese ay th century).
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ouch !expresses pain ooh !expresses pain oh !expresses concern 1812 A Casamenteira :Ai tontiño, porque iñoraso qu’he mantér casa e vida, que por ben que estea sortida, hai faltas a todas horas. O segundo, que teu pai pensa com’home de ben, e así por vergonza ten unha nora que non trai. Orasme, sobr’esto hai, que a dous parizós que teña, non tendes donde vos veña, cando ela non colla un mal. Oh , silly, because you don't knowSeoane, Ernesto Xosé González ;Granja, María Álvarez de la ;Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022 ), “ay ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández , editor (2006–2013 ), “ai ”, inDicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández ,Ernesto Xosé González Seoane ,María Álvarez de la Granja , editors (2003–2018 ), “ai ”, inTesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco , editor (2014–2024 ), “ai ”, inTesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela:Instituto da Lingua Galega ,→ISSN Inherited fromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw
ai
tree wood FromProto-Oceanic *api Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy
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fire FromProto-Gbe *a-yĩ́ ( “ earth ” ) .[ 1] Fon ayǐ Saxwe Gbe nyixɔ́ Adja anyi Yoruba ayé
aí (plural aí lẹ́ ( Nigeria )
ground ^ Capo, Hounkpati B.C. (1991 ),A Comparative Phonology of Gbe (Publications in African Languages and Linguistics;14 ), Berlin/New York; Garome, Benin: Foris Publications & Labo Gbe (Int), page215 FromProto-Polynesian *qai Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasiq
IPA (key ) : /ˈai̯/ ,[ˈɐj] ,[ˈɛj] ( rapid speech ) ai
tohave sexual intercourse ; tocopulate ai
1st-person plural pronounexclusive :we ,us ( but not you ) Hiri Motu personal pronouns singular plural 1st person lau ai ita 2nd person oi umui 3rd person ia idia
FromProto-Malayic *air Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ
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water Adelaar, K. A. (1992 ),Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology [4] Asmah Haji Omar (1977 ), “The Iban Language”, inThe Sarawak Museum Journal , volume XXV, number46 , pages81-100 Smith, A. (2017 ),The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification , University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa Inherited fromMalay ai
ai
( dialectal ) exclamation to express surprise and so on Borrowed fromAcehnese
ai (comparative lebih aisuperlative paling ai
( dialectal ) miss Borrowed fromSentani
ai (plural ai -ai
( dialectal ) breadfruit bark , which has sparse fibers, the surface is not smooth, has a lot of sap, is light brown in colorBorrowed fromMalay
ai (plural ai -ai
( dialectal ) dirt , that is usually found in well water, rivers, lakes, and so onUltimately a natural sound. CompareFinnish ai Estonian ai
ai
Exclamation ofpain orfrustration :ouch !oh !ai voioh -ohRuben E. Nirvi (1971 ),Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja , Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 5 ai
contraction ofa i ; to the, at theai
Rōmaji transcription ofあい Rōmaji transcription ofアイ ai
alternative spelling ofábi (sense 1)FromProto-Malayic *air Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ
ai
water Smith, A. (2017 ),The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification , University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa ai (upper case Ai
A letter of theKiowa alphabet. ( Latin-script letters) A a ,Ai ai ,Au au ,Aui aui ,B̶ b̶ ,B b ,D̶ d̶ ,D d ,E e ,G̶ g̶ ,G g ,H h ,I i ,K k ,Kʼ kʼ ,L l ,M m ,N n ,n̶ ,O o ,Oi oi ,P p ,Pʼ pʼ ,S s ,T t ,Tʼ tʼ ,Ts ts ,Tsʼ tsʼ ,U u ,Ui ui ,W w ,Y y ,Z z ,꞉ Inherited fromProto-Yeniseian *axʷ ( “ I ” ) . CompareAssan aj ( “ I ” ) ,Arin aj ( “ I ” ) , andPumpokol ad ( “ I ” ) .
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I (first-person singular subjective) ai
friend a i
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at orto the (+ plural noun)ai (Hebrew spelling אאי
alternative form ofaí aï
second-person singular present active imperative ofaiō c. BCE c. BCE ,
Gnaeus Naevius ,
Fragments Palliatae.125:
[ 1] An nā́ta est spṓnsa praégnās? Vélaï vél negā! Was the fiancée born pregnant? Answer“yes” or “no”! Not longer in common use in Classical Latin, being only attested once, in a quotation in a grammatical treatise. “ai Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879 ),A Latin Dictionary “ai Charlton T. Lewis (1891 ),An Elementary Latin Dictionary , New York: Harper & Brothers Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894 ),Latin Phrase-Book [5] Macmillan and Co. do you think so? are you in earnest:ain tu? ai
ouch !oh !FromProto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy
ai
fire CompareRussian ой ( oj ,“ ow! ” ) .
ái:IPA (key ) : /a͡ɪ/
aĩ:IPA (key ) : /ɐ͡ɪ/
ái! or ai̇̃!
ow !,ah !,( expressespain ,fear orsurprise ) oi !,hey !( used to attract someone's attention ) ai
alternative form ofaj ( “ garlic ” ) ai
romanization ofᠠᡳ ai
nonstandard spelling ofāi nonstandard spelling ofái nonstandard spelling ofǎi nonstandard spelling ofài Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the criticaltonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.FromProto-Polynesian *ʻai Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qai ( “ copulate with ” ) . Cognate withHawaiian ai
ai (passive aitia
tocopulate Synonyms: mahimahi onioni “ai ” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index , 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011,→ISBN Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011 ), “QAI.2 ”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online ”, inOceanic Linguistics , volume50 , number 2, pages551-559 ai
( to be ) bitter ai
wound ,injury ai
alternative form ofþei ( “ they ” ) Inherited fromAssamese আই ( ai ) .
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mother ,mom ai
( Guernsey ) first-person singular present indicative ofaver FromOld Norse eigi
ai
( Mooring ) not ai
used to express surprise “ai” inThe Bokmål Dictionary .ai
used to express surprise “ai” inThe Nynorsk Dictionary .ai
first-person singular present indicative ofaver ai
huh geez what hey "ai " inCliff Goddard (1992 ),Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary , 2nd edition Ninti Ngapartji ai
no way !Onomatopoeic .
ai
ouch ( expression of physical pain ) Ai! Pisei um prego!Ouch ! I stepped on a nail!oh ( expression of concern ) Ai , se eu te pego!Oh , if I catch you!FromProto-Polynesian *hai Tongan hai Maori wai
IPA (key ) : /ˈa.i/ Hyphenation:a‧i ai
who ?Paulus Kieviet (2017 ),A grammar of Rapa Nui [6] →ISBN 404 ai
come ai (masculine plural possessive )
of Niște prieteniai lui sunt interesanți. Some friendsof his are interesting. al ( masculine/neuter singular ) a ( feminine singular ) ale ( feminine/neuter plural ) FromLatin allium alium
ai m uncountable
( regional ) garlic Synonym: usturoi Declension ofai singular only indefinite definite nominative-accusative ai aiul genitive-dative ai aiului vocative aiule
Inflected form ofavea ( “ to have ” ) .
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second-person singular present indicative ofavea (you)have Ai vreun prieten în România?Do you have any friends in Romania? inflection ofavea second-person singular present subjunctive second-person singular imperative From an old or proto-Romanian formae , fromLatin habēs [ 1]
ai
(tu ) ai (modal auxiliary ,second-person singular form ofavea used withpast participles to formperfect compus tenses )(you)have ... Probably from aVulgar Latin *eas , fromLatin habēbās
(tu ) ai (modal auxiliary ,second-person singular form ofavea used withinfinitives to formconditional tenses )
(you)would Ai fi murit dacă ți-aș fi spus.You would have died if I'd told you. ai (plural aaita
hisfather Declension ofai singular plural absolutive hapee — 1st person hii — 2nd person — — 3rd person ai aaita
queaa ( “ to have as father ” ) ai
( rare ) still ( used with nominalized third person verbs ) Moser, Mary B. ; Marlett, Stephen A. (2010 ),Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary →ISBN 43 ai ai
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FromEnglish eye
ai
eye FromEnglish aye ay
ai
yes Wilner, John, editor (2003-2007 ), “ai Languages of Suriname , 5th edition,SIL International , Sranan-English Dictionary FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ ( “ fresh water; steam, river ” ) .
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water ABVD Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*wahiR ”, in the CLDF dataset fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI ai
synonym ofcò niêng ai (埃
tolean on ai
blow (of wind);steam ;breath lẹoai ―out ofbreath smell ;odor đâmai ―to smell ai nắcstrongsmell ai hompleasantsmell ai mênrancidsmell lẹoai ―odorless Lương Bèn (2011 ),Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary [7] [8] Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003 ), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor,Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày [9] Social Sciences Publishing House ] Léopold Michel Cadière (1910 ),Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary [10] FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw Tagalog kahoy
ai
tree wood FromEnglish eye
ai
( anatomy ) eye 1989 Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin Jenesis 3:5 :Sapos yutupela i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, baiai bilong yutupela i op na yutupela i kisim save long wanem samting i gutpela, na wanem samting i nogut, na bai yutupela i kamap wankain olsem God. God i save long dispela, olsem na em i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.” →New International Version translation hole ,opening ,lid tip IPA (key ) : [ˈa.i] Hyphenation:a‧i FromProto-Polynesian *hai Hawaiian ai Samoan ai
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who ?FromProto-Polynesian *ai Hawaiian ai Samoan ai
ai
Anaphoric particle used to refer to an adverbial clause ;there ,then R. Simona, editor (1986 ),Tokelau Dictionary [11] Torres Strait Creole [ edit ] FromEnglish I
ai
I (see alsomi FromEnglish eye
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eye ai
plural ofaio FromProto-Vietic *ʔeː ( “ who ” ) . Cognate withTho ʔeː¹ .
ai • (埃
who Ai (mà) biết.Who knows? / How should I know? whoever ,anyone Ai cũng được.Anyone is fine.someone ,someone else one , aperson 2005 , Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Cuối mùa nhan sắc" (inCánh đồng bất tận ), Trẻ publishing houseNgười ở chùa, người bán vé số, người ngủ công viên, người hát rong, ítai có nhà để về. Some live at the temple, some sell lottery tickets, some sleep in parks, some play music in the streets; few have a home to go back to. ( rhetorical ) nobody The interrogative pronounai is used for a person. Whenai functions as the subject of the question, it is placed at the beginning of the question. Ai có ô tô?Who has a car? When functioning as the predicate, it can either follow or predate the linking verblà Hải làai ? ―Who is Hải? Ai là Hải?Who is Hải? When functioning as the object, it is placed after the verb. Nga vẽai ? ―Whom is Nga drawing? ai
Sino-Vietnamese reading of哀 ai
always at all times constantly (habitually)ever (always)habitually May derive froma ( interrogative particle ) +yw ( “ is, are ” ) or from or via the synonymousae
ai
interrogative particle ( used when a non-verbal element is fronted for emphasis ) Synonym: ife Ai ef yw dy dad?Is he your father? whether ,if ( used when the subordinate clause has a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis ) Ni wnai ef yw dy dad. I do not knowwhether he is your father. Used before a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis. Unemphatic initial verbs, on the other hand, employ the interrogative particlea This word is found in formal language. As an initial interrogative particle, it is often dropped altogether in colloquial language or replaced withife Likewise, with the meaning "whether", this may be dropped colloquially. An alternative construction influenced by English is to replaced theai os ( “ if ” ) followed by the appropriate dialect-specific indicating an emphatic subordinate clause, namelytaw mai na R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “ai ”, inGeiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies ai
( intransitive ) come back ,return ( intransitive ) depart naai sito? ―where did youdepart from? Clemens Voorhoeve (1982 ),The Makian languages and their neighbours [12] ay )ai
( anatomy ) foot Variant orthographies ALIV ai Brazilian standard ai New Tribes ai
FromProto-Cariban [Term?] . CompareApalaí ae Hixkaryana yaye Macushi yapai Waiwai yay
ai
through ,by ;indicates motion by way of a non-aquatic object of class 1 A possessed noun that is the object of this postposition does not take the possessed suffix-dü
Ye'kwana primitive postpositions generic location specific location or goal pathway object class 1 awö aka ai object class 2 tawö taka tai aquatic object kwawö kwaka kwai
Cáceres, Natalia (2011 ),Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana [13] 267–272 Ai. ái
crab Lukram Himmat Singh (2013 ),A Descriptive Grammar of Zou , Canchipur: Manipur University, page40 
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