Borrowed fromHindiदाई(dāī), fromSanskrit.
dai (pluraldais)
- (chiefly North India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) Awet nurse; amidwife.[from 18th c.]
1997,Kiran Nagarkar,Cuckold, HarperCollins, published2013, page72:Kausalya, she learnt, was hisdai, the one who had breast-fed and looked after him.
terms containing "dai" of different etymology
- I'da,Dia,IAD,Ida.,Adi,dia-,-iad,I'd-a,DIA,AID,aid,IDA,Ida
Inherited fromProto-Austronesian*qazi withmetathesis.
- IPA(key): /daˈʔi/ [d̪aˈʔi]
- Hyphenation:da‧i
dai (Basahan spellingᜇᜁ)
- no;never
- Synonym:nungka
dai (Basahan spellingᜇᜁ)
- no
- Antonym:iyo
- Coordinate terms:bako,habo
dai (Basahan spellingᜇᜁ)
- (formal, literary, indefinite)nothing;none;no one;nobody
- Synonyms:mayo,wara
- Antonyms:igwa,may
Dai baga nin tawo sa harong.- There'sno one in the house.
dai (Basahan spellingᜇᜁ)
- donot,don't
- Synonym:hari
Dai ka na mag-iba.- Youdon't have to join.
Dai ka magsabi saiya kaiyan- Don't (you) tell him/her that.
Inherited fromClassical Latindiēs. CompareIstriotdèi, Venetan and archaic Italiandì,Romanianzi.
dai m (pluraldai)
- day
dai
- go away,get lost
dai
- (reintegrationist norm)second-personpluralimperative ofdar
dai m orf (neuterdat,pluraldai)
- (Eastern Pomeranian)the
Ik haw ai mitdai bruud danst.- I have already danced withthe bride.
dai m orf (neuterdat,pluraldai)
- (Eastern Pomeranian)(relative)who,that,which
Jéferson,dai kan uk gaud singa- Jéferson,who can also sing well
dai
- cassowary
Borrowed fromRussianдаи(da i).
dai
- as well as
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page567
dai
- Contraction ofdai.:
- fromthe
- at the house/home of the
dai
- inflection ofdare:
- second-personsingularpresentindicative
- second-personsingularimperative
dai
- an expression of encouragement;come on!
dai
- Rōmaji transcription ofだい
da +i
dai
- from orofthe (+ masculine plural noun)
dai
- Nonstandard spelling ofdāi.
- Nonstandard spelling ofdǎi.
- Nonstandard spelling ofdài.
- 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.
dai
- Alternative form ofday
FromOld Frisiandei. Cognates includeWest Frisiandei.
dai m (pluraldaar)
- (Föhr-Amrum)day
- de ölerdai ―the nextday
- Hyphenation:dai
- Rhymes:-aj
dai
- second-personpluralimperative ofdar
dai
- masculineplural ofda(“from”)
dai
- second-personsingularpresentindicative/subjunctive ofda
Southern Catanduanes Bicolano
[edit]Inherited fromProto-Austronesian*qazi withmetathesis.
dai
- no
- Antonym:iyo
- Coordinate terms:bako,habo
dai
- (indefinite)nothing;none
- Synonym:wala
- Antonyms:igwa,may
Dai nin tawo sa haḽong.- There'sno one in the house.
dai
- don't
FromArabicدَعَا(daʕā).[1]
dai classV (pluralmadai classVI)
- aclaim
- ademand
- arequirement
-dai (infinitivekudai)
- toclaim
- todemand
- torequire
| Conjugation of-dai |
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| Positive present | -nadai |
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| Subjunctive | -dai |
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| Negative | -dai |
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| Imperative singular | dai |
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| Infinitives |
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| Imperatives |
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| Tensed forms |
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| Habitual | hudai |
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| Positive past | positive subject concord + -lidai |
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| Negative past | negative subject concord + -kudai |
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| Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadai) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | ninadai/nadai | tunadai |
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| 2nd person | unadai | mnadai |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | anadai | wanadai |
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| other classes | positive subject concord + -nadai |
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| Negative present (negative subject concord + -dai) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | sidai | hatudai |
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| 2nd person | hudai | hamdai |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | hadai | hawadai |
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| other classes | negative subject concord + -dai |
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| Positive future | positive subject concord + -tadai |
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| Negative future | negative subject concord + -tadai |
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| Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dai) |
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| Singular | Plural |
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| 1st person | nidai | tudai |
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| 2nd person | udai | mdai |
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| 3rd person | m-wa(I/II) | adai | wadai |
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| other classes | positive subject concord + -dai |
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| Negative subjunctive | positive subject concord + -sidai |
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| Positive present conditional | positive subject concord + -ngedai |
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| Negative present conditional | positive subject concord + -singedai |
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| Positive past conditional | positive subject concord + -ngalidai |
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| Negative past conditional | positive subject concord + -singalidai |
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| Perfect | positive subject concord + -medai |
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| "Already" | positive subject concord + -meshadai |
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| "Not yet" | negative subject concord + -jadai |
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| "If/When" | positive subject concord + -kidai |
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| "If not" | positive subject concord + -sipodai |
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| Consecutive | kadai /positive subject concord + -kadai |
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| Consecutive subjunctive | positive subject concord + -kadai |
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| Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. SeeAppendix:Swahili verbs for more information. |
- ^Baldi, Sergio (2020 November 30)Dictionary of Arabic Loanwords in the Languages of Central and East Africa (Handbuch der Orientalistik; Erste Abteilung: Der Nahe und der Mittlere Osten;145), Leiden • Boston: Brill,→ISBN,page102 Nr. 908
FromEnglishdie.
dai
- Todie
1989,Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea,Jenesis2:17:Tasol yu no ken kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai bilong givim gutpela save long wanem samting i gutpela na wanem samting i nogut. Sapos yu kaikai, wantu bai yudai.”- →New International Version translation
dai
- dead
- (North Central Vietnam)đai
FromProto-Vietic*k-taːl.
dai• (帶,佳,街,夷)
- (of food)tough
Thịt gìdai quá, nhai mỏi cả mồm!- This meat's so tough that my jaw's getting tired chewing it!
- persistent
Cái thằng nàydai như đỉa.- You're persistent. I'll give you that.
- (literally, “This guy is as persistent as a leech (which is known to hang tough onto whatever it bites).”)
dai• (帶,佳,街,夷)
- persistently
Thằng khốn đó sốngdai thật!- Why hasn't that bastard died already?
dai
- Soft mutation oftai.
Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.
FromProto-Tai*naːjᴬ(“maternal grandmother”).[1]
Cognate withThaiยาย(yaai),Laoຍາຍ(nyāi) andຍາຽ(nyāi),Shanၼၢႆး(náai).
CompareIndonesiannyai,Khmerយាយ(yiəy).
dai (Sawndip forms𡛕[2]or⿰女胎[2]or⿰女枱[2]or胎[2]or⿰女呆[2],1957–1982 spellingdai)
- mother-in-law (married woman's mother or mother of one's wife)
FromProto-Tai*p.taːjᴬ(“to die”).[3]
Cognate withBouyeidaail,Thaiตาย(dtaai),Laoຕາຍ(tāi),Lüᦎᦻ(ṫaay),Tai Damꪔꪱꪥ,Shanတၢႆ(tǎai),Tai Nüaᥖᥣᥭ(taay),Ahom𑜄𑜩(tay).
dai (Sawndip forms𬆗[2]or殆[2]or𰭩[2]or⿰歹太[2]or歹[2]or台[2]or𪱜[2]or胎[2]or⿰死台[2]or𱥎[2],1957–1982 spellingdai)
- todie
- ^Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009)The Phonology of Proto-Tai[1], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page336
- ↑2.002.012.022.032.042.052.062.072.082.092.102.112.122.132.14古壮字字典 [Dictionary of Old Zhuang Characters] (in Chinese), Guangxi: Ethnic Publishing House (广西民族出版社),2012,→ISBN
- ^Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009)The Phonology of Proto-Tai[2], Cornell University PhD dissertation, page357
dai
- dew
dái
- (transitive) tohinder
dài
- fence,hedge
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013)A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page63
