ai
See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"
Languages (83)
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English
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Etymology 1
[edit]Originated 1685–95, from Brazilian Portuguese aí, from Old Tupi a'y.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai (plural ais or ai)
- A pale-throated sloth (Bradypus tridactylus), endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.
Synonyms
[edit]- (Bradypus tridactylus): maned sloth
See also
[edit]- unau (Linnaeus's two-toed sloth (Choloepus didactylus) or Hoffmann's two-toed sloth (Choloepus hoffmanni))
References
[edit]- “ai”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
- “ai”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.
Further reading
[edit]
ai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia 
Bradypus tridactylus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
Etymology 2
[edit]Contraction of aight (which itself is a contraction of all right).
Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Contraction
[edit]ai
Anagrams
[edit]Abau
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai class II gender mf
- fish (general term)
- food, meat for consumption
Usage notes
[edit]Generally feminine for sense "fish", potentially masculine for sense "food".
References
[edit]- Lock, Arjen (2011), Abau Grammar (Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages)[3], 1st edition, volume 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”, in Webonary.org[4]
Akei
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai
- (Tasiriki) water
References
[edit]- Sidney Herbert Ray, A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island Languages (1926), page 351: Tasiriki ai 'water'
- Tryon, D. T. (1976), New Hebrides languages: An internal classification (Pacific Linguistics; C-50)[5], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
Albanian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]- ay — northern Tosk, Korçë
- aĩnê — southern Gheg, Kavajë
Etymology
[edit]Continuing a Common Albanian compound *aý ~ *aí, from Proto-Albanian *ahýh ~ *aíh, from a Pre-Proto-Albanian *au̯- ("away, from") + *hýh ~ íh, continuing Proto-Indo-European *h₂au̯ (“away, from”) and Proto-Indo-European *sos (“that”). The second component, from Common Albanian *ý ~ *í, is identical to the Albanian postponed definite article -i, as well as -u, which changed due to contact with final k, g, or a vowel (e.g. djali, burri, qeni, qyteti, also bariu, ariu, barku),[1] and which is ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁e (“this, he”).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]- (standard) IPA(key): [aˈi], (often, unstressed in the dialects) [aj]
- (southern Gheg, Kavajë) IPA(key): [aˈĩnɛ̃]
Pronoun
[edit]ai m (accusative atë, dative atij, ablative atij)
Declension
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| ablative | atij / tij | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| full form | clitic | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| accusative | atë | e | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| dative | atij | i | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| possessive adjective | possessive pronoun | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| i tij | i tiji | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
See also
[edit]| singular | plural | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | unë | ne | |
| 2nd person | ti | ju | |
| 3rd person | m | ai | ata |
| f | ajo | ato | |
Pronoun
[edit]ai
Declension
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| masculine | feminine | masculine | feminine | |
| nominative | ai | ajo | ata | ato |
| accusative | atë, të | ata, ta | ato, to | |
| dative/ablative | atij, tij | asaj, saj | atyre, tyre | |
Related terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ Demiraj, Bardhyl et al. (2021), “ai”, in DPEWA. Digitales Philologisch-Etymologisches Wörterbuch des Altalbanischen [DPEWA. Digital Philological-Etymological Dictionary of Old Albanian]
- ^ Orel, Vladimir (1998), “ai, ay”, in Albanian Etymological Dictionary, Leiden; Boston; Cologne: Brill, →ISBN, page 3
Amblong
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai
Further reading
[edit]- Tryon, D. T. (1976), New Hebrides languages: An internal classification (Pacific Linguistics; C-50)[6], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
Angal Enen
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai
References
[edit]- 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.'
Apalaí
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai
Aragonese
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]ai
Araki
[edit]
Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Noun
[edit]ai
References
[edit]- François, Alexandre. 2008. An online lexicon of Araki (Santo, Vanuatu). Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. (Pdf version) ‒ entry ai.
Australian Kriol
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai
Etymology 2
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ai
Etymology 3
[edit]Adjective
[edit]ai
Catalan
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): (Northern, Balearic, Central, Valencia, Northwestern) [ˈaj]
Audio (Barcelona): (file) - Rhymes: -aj
Interjection
[edit]ai
Noun
[edit]ai m (plural ais)
- ooh (pain)
Chungli Ao
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ai
Inflection
[edit]| Affirmative | Negative | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Past | Simple | ai | mai |
| Perfect | iogo | meiogo | |
| Present | Simple | air | mair |
| Progressive | idar idagi |
meidar meidagi | |
| Future/infinitive | aitsü | maitsü | |
| Imperative | iang | tai | |
| Present participle | ia | meii | |
| Conditional | ira irabang |
meira meirabang | |
Etymology 2
[edit]From Proto-Central Naga *a-ʒa(ʔ).
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai
Etymology 3
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ai
Inflection
[edit]| Affirmative | Negative | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| Past | Simple | ai | mai |
| Perfect | iogo | meiogo | |
| Present | Simple | air | mair |
| Progressive | idar idagi |
meidar meidagi | |
| Future/infinitive | aitsü | maitsü | |
| Imperative | iang | tai | |
| Present participle | ia | meii | |
| Conditional | ira irabang |
meira meirabang | |
Further reading
[edit]- Bruhn, Daniel Wayne (2014), A Phonological Reconstruction of Proto-Central Naga[7], Berkeley: University of California, pages 61, 181
- Gowda, K. S. Gurubasave (1985), Ao-English-Hindi Dictionary, Mysore: Central Institute of Indian Languages, page 9
- Clark, Mary M. (1893), Ao Naga grammar with illustrative phrases and vocabulary, Molung: Assam Secretariat Printing Office, page 116
- Clark, E. W. (1911), “AEI”, in Ao-Naga dictionary, Dimapur
Chuukese
[edit]Determiner
[edit]ai
- First person singular general possessive; my (used with general-class objects)
Related terms
[edit]| small objects, concepts | large objects, living things | suffix | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| singular | first person | ai | nei | -ei |
| second person | omw, om | noum | -om | |
| third person | an | noun | -an | |
| plural | first person | äm (exclusive) ach (inclusive) |
nöu̇m (exclusive) nöüch (inclusive) |
-em (exclusive) -ach (inclusive) |
| second person | ämi, ami | noumi | -emi | |
| third person | ar | nour | -er |
Corsican
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ai
References
[edit]- “avè” in Aiaccinu: Cunghjugatori corsu
Dadibi
[edit]Noun
[edit]ạị
Synonyms
[edit]References
[edit]- Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
- Karl James Franklin, Pacific Linguistics (1973, →ISBN, page 130 (see we)
Dela-Oenale
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai
References
[edit]- Tamelan, Thersia (2021), A grammar of Dela: an Austronesian language of Rote, eastern Indonesia (PhD thesis)[8], page 471
Dubu
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai
Further reading
[edit]- Clemens Voorhoeve (1975), Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics, , page 114
Dutch
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Etymology 1
[edit]From Middle Dutch ai, ultimately of imitative origin.
Alternative forms
[edit]Interjection
[edit]ai
- expression of pain, grief or pity: ay
References
[edit]- van der Sijs, Nicoline, editor (2010), “ai1”, in Etymologiebank, Meertens Institute
Etymology 2
[edit]
Borrowed from Portuguese ai, from Old Tupi ai.
Alternative forms
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai m (plural ais, no diminutive)
- pale-throated three-toed sloth (Bradypus tridactylus)
- Synonyms: drievingerige luiaard, zonluiaard (Suriname)
Further reading
[edit]- drievingerige luiaard on the Dutch Wikipedia.Wikipedia nl
Estonian
[edit]Interjection
[edit]ai
Synonyms
[edit]Finnish
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Estonian ai, Ingrian ai, Karelian ai, Ludian ai, Veps ai, Votic ai, and Swedish aj, Norwegian aj, Latvian aj. Perhaps natural; tracing an origin is practically impossible.
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]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?"
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][9] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023
Anagrams
[edit]French
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- IPA(key): /e/, /ɛ/
Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Brétigny-sur-Orge)): (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) - Homophones: et, aie, aies, aient, ait, es, est, hais, hait
Verb
[edit]ai
- first-person singular present indicative of avoir
- J'ai un chien.
- I have a dog.
Anagrams
[edit]Friulian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai m (plural ais)
Galician
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Old Galician-Portuguese ay (attested since the 13th century).
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]ai
- ouch! expresses pain
- ooh! expresses pain
- oh! expresses concern
- 1812, Antonio Benito Fandiño, A Casamenteira:
- Ai tontiño, porque iñoras
o 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 know
what it is to keep house and life,
no matter how well stocked it is,
there's lack at all hours.
Second, your father
thinks like a good man,
and to his shame he has
a daughter-in-law who doesn't bear.
However, on this matter,
with just two childbirths that she has,
you'll be left resourceless,
and that if she doesn't get sick.
- Oh, silly, because you don't know
References
[edit]- Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “ay”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “ai”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “ai”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “ai”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
Galoli
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw.
Noun
[edit]ai
Gilbertese
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.
Noun
[edit]ai
References
[edit]- Bingham, Hiram; Sabatier, Father Ernest with Luomala, Goo, and Banner (1978–), “ai”, in Trussel, Stephen, Groves, Gordon W., compilers, A Combined Kiribati–English Online Dictionary[10]
Gun
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Gbe *a-yĩ́ (“earth”).[1] Cognates include Fon ayǐ, Saxwe Gbe nyixɔ́, Aja (West Africa) anyi. Perhaps related to Yoruba ayé
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]References
[edit]- ^ 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), page 215
Hawaiian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *qai,[1] from Proto-Central Pacific *qai, from Proto-Oceanic *qait (“to copulate”).[2] Cognates include Māori ai and Tahitian ai.
Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]ai
- to have sexual intercourse; to copulate
References
[edit]- ^ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “QAI.2”, in “POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online”, in Oceanic Linguistics, volume 50, number 2, pages 551–9
- ^ M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2016), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic[1], volumes 5: People: Body and Mind, Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 216–7.
Hiri Motu
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ai
See also
[edit]| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st person | lau | ai (exclusive) ita (inclusive) | ||
| 2nd person | oi | umui | ||
| 3rd person | ia | idia | ||
Iban
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Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai
Further reading
[edit]- Adelaar, K. A. (1992), Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology[11], Canberra: The Australian National University
- Asmah Haji Omar (1977), “The Iban Language”, in The Sarawak Museum Journal, volume XXV, number 46, pages 81-100
- Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Indonesian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈai̯/ [ˈai̯]
- Rhymes: -ai̯
- Syllabification: ai
Particle
[edit]ai
- (dialectal) exclamation to express surprise and so on
Further reading
[edit]- “ai”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Ingrian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Ultimately a natural sound. Compare Finnish ai and Estonian ai.
Pronunciation
[edit]- (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯/, [ˈɑi̯]
- (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯/, [ˈɑi̯]
- Rhymes: -ɑi̯
- Hyphenation: ai
Interjection
[edit]ai
- Exclamation of pain or frustration: ouch! oh!
- ai voi ― oh-oh
References
[edit]- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 5
Italian
[edit]Alternative forms
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Contraction
[edit]ai
Anagrams
[edit]Japanese
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ai
Kalasha
[edit]Pronoun
[edit]ai
- alternative spelling of ábi (sense 1)
Kendayan
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Malayic *air, Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai
Further reading
[edit]- Smith, A. (2017), The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa
Kiowa
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Letter
[edit]ai (upper case Ai)
- A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.
See also
[edit]- (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, ꞉
Kott
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *aj ~ *ad (“I”, first person singular personal pronoun),[1] derived from Proto-Yeniseian *Ha- (generic personal pronoun base) + Proto-Yeniseian *-jʳ ~ *-xʷ (first person singular pronoun formant).[2]
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai
- I (first-person singular personal pronoun)
References
[edit]- ^ https://starlingdb.org/cgi-bin/response.cgi?single=1&basename=%2fDATA%2fYENISEY%2fYENET&text_number=42&root=config
- ^ Vajda, Edward; Werner, Heinrich (2022), Comparative-Historical Yeniseian Dictionary (Languages of the World/Dictionaries; 79, 80), Muenchen: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN, pages 1, 8-9, 320, 1040?
Further reading
[edit]- Matthias Alexander Castrén, Versuch Einer Jenissei-Ostjakischen Und Kottischen Sprachlehre: Nebst Aus Den Genannten Sprachen, St. Petersburg: Leopold Voss Publisher, 1858, page 195
- Werner, Heinrich (2002), Vergleichendes Wörterbuch der Jenissej-Sprachen, volume 1, Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 72
- Werner, Heinrich K. (2003), Röhrborn, Klaus, Schellbach-Kopra, Ingrid, editors, M. A. Castrén und die Jenissejistik: Die Jennisej-Sprachen des 19. Jahrhunderts (Veröffentlichungen des Societas Uralo-Altaica; 62) (in German), Wiesbaden: Harrassowitz Verlag, →ISBN, page 135
- Werner, Heinrich K. (2005), Die Jenissej-Sprachen des 18. Jahrhunderts (in German), Wiesbaden: Otto Harrassowitz KG, →ISBN, page 106
Kuna
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai
Ladin
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Contraction
[edit]ai
Ladino
[edit]Adverb
[edit]ai (Hebrew spelling אאי)
- alternative form of aí
Latin
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]- (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈa.ɪ]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈaː.i]
Verb
[edit]aï
Usage notes
[edit]- Not longer in common use in Classical Latin, being only attested once, in a quotation in a grammatical treatise.
References
[edit]Further reading
[edit]- “ai”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “ai”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book[12], London: Macmillan and Co.
- do you think so? are you in earnest: ain tu?
- do you think so? are you in earnest: ain tu?
Latvian
[edit]Interjection
[edit]ai
Lithuanian
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Compare Russian ой (oj, “ow!”).
Pronunciation
[edit]Interjection
[edit]ái! or ai̇̃!
Synonyms
[edit]Derived terms
[edit]Lombard
[edit]Noun
[edit]ai
- alternative form of aj (“garlic”)
Manchu
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ai
- romanization of ᠠᡳ
Mandarin
[edit]Romanization
[edit]ai
- nonstandard spelling of āi
- nonstandard spelling of ái
- nonstandard spelling of ǎi
- nonstandard spelling of ài
Usage notes
[edit]- Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.
Māori
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Polynesian *qai,[1] from Proto-Central Pacific *qai, from Proto-Oceanic *qait (“to copulate”).[2] Cognates include Hawaiian ai and Tahitian ai.
Pronunciation
[edit]Particle
[edit]ai
- Marks an event as habitual
- Haere ai au ki te whare karakia i ia Rātapu.
- I go to church every Sunday.
Interjection
[edit]ai
Verb
[edit]ai (passive aitia)