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jai

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See also: Jai, jäi, -jai, and j'ai

Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟai̯/ [ɟai̯]
 
  • IPA(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xai̯/ [xai̯]
  • IPA(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒai̯/ [d͡ʒai̯]
  • IPA(key): (Navarrese) /jai̯/ [jai̯]

  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -ai̯
  • Hyphenation: jai

Noun

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jai inan

  1. festival

Declension

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Derived terms

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Further reading

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  • jai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
  • jai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Dalmatian

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Alternative forms

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Pronoun

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jai m/f pl

  1. (third-person plural masculine and feminine pronoun, oblique case) them
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Gothic

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Romanization

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jai

  1. Romanization of 𐌾𐌰𐌹

Gun

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From jẹ̀ (to fall) +‎ (ground), literally to fall on the ground. Cognates include Fon jàyǐ, Saxwe Gbe jɛ̀ nyì, Adja jè anyi, Ewe dze anyí

Pronunciation

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Verb

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jàí (Nigeria)

  1. to fall

Derived terms

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Iban

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Etymology

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From Proto-Malayic *jahət.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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jai

  1. bad, evil (of personality)
  2. broken (of stuff/things)
  3. ugly (of appearance)

Iu Mien

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Noun

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jai 

  1. Alternative form of jae (chicken)

Lithuanian

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Pronoun

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jai f

  1. third-person singular dative of ji

Makasar

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Etymology

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Cognate Acehnese jai.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈɟai/, [ˈɟʝa.i]
  • Hyphenation: ja‧i

Adverb

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jai (Lontara spelling ᨍᨕᨗ)

  1. many, much, a lot
    Synonym: loe
    Jai doeʼna
    He has a lot of money.
    Pilaʼ jai tau battu
    More and more people are coming.

Derived terms

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Mbyá Guaraní

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Noun

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jai

  1. grass, turf
  2. woods

Middle English

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Noun

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jai

  1. Alternative form of jay

Murui Huitoto

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Pronunciation

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Adverb

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jai

  1. already

References

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  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis)

Old French

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Etymology

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From Late Latin gaius (jay), or a variant of gai (joyous, cheerful).

Noun

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jai oblique singularm (oblique plural jais, nominative singular jais, nominative plural jai)

  1. jay (bird)

Descendants

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  • French: geai
  • Norman: geai
  • Middle English: jay, gaye, jai, jey

Ye'kwana

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Variant orthographies
ALIV jai
Brazilian standard fai
New Tribes jai

Pronunciation

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Noun

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jai (possessed jaichü)

  1. older sister
  2. older female parallel cousin

References

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  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jai”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[2], Lyon
  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 73:jaichü