sakai

See also: Sakai and šakai

English

Etymology

From Malay sakai, Semai mensakai ("work together"), which refers to the indigenous Senoi people of Malaysia and other Orang Asli tribes. In Thailand, the word Thai ซาไก (“saagai”), used for the indigenous Maniq people, means "barbarous" or "a slave".

Noun

sakai (plural sakais)

1. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) an Orang Asli person.
2. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) an uncultured person; a fool.
   • 2021, Rojak Daily‎^[1]:

     The word "sakai" is defined as "orang yang di bawah perintah, orang bawahan yang boleh disuruh-suruh", which translates to "a person that is ruled or a subordinate who can be commanded".

Synonyms

• jakun

Central Melanau

Etymology

From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakay (“stranger; visitor, guest”). Compare Bintulu sakay (“with; friend, companion”), Cebuano sangkay (“buddy, pal”), Waray-Waray sangkay (“friend”).

Noun

sakai

1. friend

Japanese

Romanization

sakai

1. Rōmaji transcription of さかい

Lithuanian

Verb

sakai

1. second-person singular present of sakyti

Malay

Etymology

From Semai mensakai ("work together"), East Austroasiatic. In Thailand, the word Thai ซาไก (“saagai”), used for the indigenous Maniq people, means "barbarous" or "a slave".

Noun

sakai (plural sakai-sakai, informal 1st possessive sakaiku, 2nd possessive sakaimu, 3rd possessive sakainya)

1. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) an Orang Asli person.
2. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) an unsophisticated person.
3. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) a subordinate.

Mokilese

Noun

sakai

1. rock
2. coral

Inflection

Forms of sakai

	singular	plural
demonstrative forms
1st person (near speaker)	sakaie	sakaikai
2nd person (near hearer)	sakaien	sakaiken
3rd person (near neither speaker nor hearer)	sakaio	sakaiok
article forms
indefinite	sakaioaw	sakaipwi
definite	sakaiwa

Derived terms

• sakaikai