dai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi दाई (dāī), from Sanskrit.

Noun

dai (plural dais)

1. (chiefly North India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) A wet nurse; a midwife.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 72:

     Kausalya, she learnt, was his dai, the one who had breast-fed and looked after him.

See also

Anagrams

• -iad, AID, Adi, DIA, Dia, I'd-a, I'da, IAD, Ida, Ida., aid, dia-

Bikol Central

Alternative forms

• dae
• di

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qazi with metathesis.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daˈʔi/,

• (file)

• Hyphenation: da‧i

Adverb

dai (Basahan spelling ᜇᜁ)

1. no; never

   Synonym: nungka

Particle

dai (Basahan spelling ᜇᜁ)

1. no

   Antonym: iyo

   Coordinate terms: bako, habo

Pronoun

dai (Basahan spelling ᜇᜁ)

1. (formal, literary, indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody

   Synonyms: mayo, wara

   Antonyms: igwa, may

   Dai baga nin tawo sa harong.

   There's no one in the house.

Verb

dai (Basahan spelling ᜇᜁ)

1. do not, don't

   Synonym: hari

   Dai ka na mag-iba.

   You don't have to join.

   Dai ka magsabi saiya

   (You) don't tell him/her.

Derived terms

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs. Compare Istriot dèi, Venetian and archaic Italian dì, Romanian zi.

Noun

dai m (plural dai)

1. day

Derived terms

• bun dai

Etymology 2

Interjection

dai

1. go away, get lost

Galician

Verb

dai

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of dar

German Low German

Article

dai m or f (neuter dat, plural dai)

1. (East Pomeranian) the

   Ik haw ai mit dai bruud danst.

   I have already danced with the bride.

Pronoun

dai m or f (neuter dat, plural dai)

1. (East Pomeranian) (relative) who, that, which

   Jéferson, dai kan uk gaud singa

   Jéferson, who can also sing well

Iau

Noun

dai

1. cassowary

Further reading

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

Italian

Etymology 1

Contraction

dai

1. Contraction of da i.:
   1. from the
   2. at the house/home of the

Alternative forms

• da' (truncation)

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

dai

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

Interjection

dai

1. an expression of encouragement; come on!

Related terms

• dai e dai

Anagrams

• Ida, adì, dia

Japanese

Romanization

dai

1. Rōmaji transcription of だい

Ladin

Etymology

da +‎ i

Contraction

dai

1. from or of the (+ masculine plural noun)

Mandarin

Romanization

dai

1. Nonstandard spelling of dāi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of dǎi.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dài.

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.

Middle English

Noun

dai

1. Alternative form of day

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dei. Cognates include West Frisian dei.

Noun

dai m (plural daar)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) day

   de öler dai

   the next day

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: dai
• Rhymes: -aj

Verb

dai

1. second-person plural imperative of dar

Romagnol

Preposition

dai

1. masculine plural of da (“from”)

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaj/

• Audio

  (file)

Verb

dai

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of da

Southern Catanduanes Bicolano

Alternative forms

• dae

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qazi with metathesis.

Particle

dai

1. no

   Antonym: iyo

   Coordinate terms: bako, habo

Pronoun

dai

1. (indefinite) nothing; none

   Synonym: wala

   Antonyms: igwa, may

   Dai nin tawo sa haḽong.

   There's no one in the house.

Verb

dai

1. don't

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic دَعَا (daʕā).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya)

  (file)

Noun

dai (ma class, plural madai)

1. a claim
2. a demand
3. a requirement

Verb

-dai (infinitive kudai)

1. to claim
2. to demand
3. to require

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -daia
  • Passive: -daiwa
  • Reciprocal: -daiana
  • Stative: -daika

• Nominal derivations:
  • mdai

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English die.

Verb

dai

1. To die
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:17:

     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 yu dai.”

     →New International Version translation

Adjective

dai

1. dead

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

• (North Central Vietnam) đai

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-taːl.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key):
• (Huế) IPA^(key):
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key):
• Homophone: giai

Adjective

dai • (帶, 佳, 街, 夷)

1. (of food) tough

   Thịt gì dai quá, nhai mỏi cả mồm!

   This meat's so tough that my jaw's getting tired chewing it!

2. persistent

   Cái thằng này dai 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).”)

Derived terms

Adverb

dai • (帶, 佳, 街, 夷)

1. persistently

   Thằng khốn đó sống dai thật!

   Why hasn't that bastard died already?

Welsh

Noun

dai

1. Soft mutation of tai.

Mutation

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *p.taːjᴬ (“to die”). Cognate with Bouyei daail, Thai ตาย (dtaai), Lao ຕາຍ (tāi), Lü ᦎᦻ (ṫaay), Tai Dam ꪔꪱꪥ, Shan တၢႆ (tǎai), Tai Nüa ᥖᥣᥭ (taay), Ahom 𑜄𑜩 (tay).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /taːi˨˦/
• Tone numbers: dai¹
• Hyphenation: dai

Verb

dai (Sawndip forms 𬆗 or 殆 or 𰭩 or ⿰歹太 or 歹 or 台 or 𪱜 or 胎 or ⿰死台 or 𱥎, 1957–1982 spelling dai)

1. to die

Derived terms

Zou

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dai̯˧/

Noun

dai

1. dew

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dai̯˧˥/

Verb

dái

1. (transitive) to hinder

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dai̯˧˩/

Noun

dài

1. fence, hedge

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63