だい
JapaneseEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Compound of だ (da, the plain-form copula or "to be" verb) + い (emphatic particle, used in compounds with certain sentence-ending particles to create a familiar effect).[1][2]
Attested since at least 1809.[1]
PronunciationEdit
ParticleEdit
- [from 1908] (informal, men's speech) an interrogative particle
- どうしたんだい?
- Dō shita n dai?
- What’s the matter?
- どうしたんだい?
- [from 1809] (dated) a particle used to state something with conviction
- そんなのはいらねえってんだい。
- Sonna no wa iranē tte n dai.
- I don't need that stuff.
- そんなのはいらねえってんだい。
See alsoEdit
Etymology 2Edit
For pronunciation and definitions of だい – see the following entries. | ||||||||||
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(This term, だい, is an alternative spelling of the above Sino-Japanese terms. For a list of all kanji read as だい, not just those used in Japanese terms, see Category:Japanese kanji read as だい.) |