drai

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Cimbrian

Cimbrian cardinal numbers
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    Cardinal : drai
    Ordinal : draite
    Attributive : drai
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Etymology

From Middle High German drī, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz. Cognate with German drei, Dutch drie, English three.

Pronunciation

Numeral

drai (dative drain)

  1. (Luserna, Sette Comuni) three
    sbéen, drai, viare ― two, three, four
    drai khüu ― three cows

References

  • “drai” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
  • Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter , Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Drehu

Pronunciation

Noun

drai

  1. day

References

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch schroevendraaier (“screwdriver”), while Dutch draai means rotation, spin or turn.

Pronunciation

Noun

drai (plural drai-drai, first-person possessive draiku, second-person possessive draimu, third-person possessive drainya)

  1. star screwdriver.
    Synonym: obeng

Further reading

Mòcheno

cardinal numbers
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Etymology

From Middle High German drī, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz. Cognate with German drei, English three.

Numeral

drai

  1. three

References

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch draaien.

Verb

drai

  1. (intransitive) to turn

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch draai.

Noun

drai

  1. turn
  2. bend
    Synonym: beni
    Synonym: boktu

Verb

drai

  1. to turn
    mi bere e drai ― I am nauseous (literally: my stomach is turning)

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English dry.

Adjective

drai

  1. dry
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:9:
      Bihain God i tok olsem, “Wara i stap aninit long skai i mas i go bung long wanpela hap tasol, bai ples drai i kamap.” Orait ples drai i kamap.
      →New International Version translation

Noun

drai

  1. an old coconut used for copra

See also

Wikious
Boobota
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