cai

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Translingual

Symbol

cai

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Central American Indian languages.

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology 1

From Latin quālis, quālem. Compare Romanian care.

Determiner

cai

  1. which

Pronoun

cai

  1. which, that, who

Etymology 2

Noun

cai m pl

  1. plural of cal (“horse”)

Asturian

Noun

cai f (plural cais)

  1. street
    Les cais er puebru entavía falta-yes asfaltu.
    The village streets still need asphalt.

Noun

cai m (plural cais)

  1. quay, port

Balinese

Romanization

cai

  1. Romanization of ᬘᬿ

Galician

Etymology

From Old French kay, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”).

Pronunciation

Noun

cai m (plural cais)

  1. quay, pier, wharf, breakwater
    Synonym: peirao

References

  • “cai” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “cai” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Highland Popoluca

Noun

cai

  1. a dead person

References

  • Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎ (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 11

Leonese

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

cai m

  1. street, road

References

Macanese

Etymology

From Portuguese cai, third-person singular present conjugation of cair. Compare sai for a similar phenomenon.

Verb

cai

  1. to fall
    cai madre ― (of the uterus) to prolapse (literally, “to fall womb”)
    cai na asnéra ― to commit a faux-pas (literally, “to fall into trouble”)
    cai na putau ― to blunder (literally, “to fall into a clay dish”)
    Já cai de cadera
    He fell off the chair
    Já cai di cumprido na chám
    He fell and lay sprawled on the floor
    Cuidado, nom-mestê tropeçá! Vôs cai, nôs cai juntado co vôs.
    Be careful, don’t stumble! If you fall down, we will fall down with you.
  2. to get carried away
    cai pê-mám ― to lose one's temper; to become disoriented (literally, “to fall feet-hands”)
    cai sin sintido ― to faint; to swoon (literally, “to fall without sense”)

Derived terms

References

Manchu

Romanization

cai

  1. Romanization of ᠴᠠᡳ

Mandarin

Romanization

cai

  1. Nonstandard spelling of cāi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of cái.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of cǎi.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of cài.

Usage notes

  • 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.

Ngazidja Comorian

Etymology

Likely from Persian چای (čây); see Swahili chai for more.

Noun

cai class 9 (plural cai class 10)

  1. tea

References

  • “cai” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Occitan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkai/
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Noun

cai m (plural cais)

  1. (nautical) dock, quay

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: cai
  • Rhymes: -aj

Verb

cai

  1. inflection of cair:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian

Pronunciation

Noun

cai m pl

  1. plural of cal

Sundanese

Romanization

cai

  1. Romanization of ᮎᮄ

Venetian

Noun

cai

  1. plural of cao

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 該.

Noun

cai

  1. (military, historical) corporal
  2. overseer; foreman; supervisor
  3. (dialectal) Short for cai tổng (“district chief”).
Derived terms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 戒 (SV: giới).

Verb

cai

  1. to break (a habit); to grow out of (a habit); to give up
Derived terms
Derived terms

White Hmong

Noun

cai

  1. law; rule; custom
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