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ai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"

EnglishEdit

 
An ai, Bradypus tridactylus

Etymology 1Edit

Originated 1685–95, from Brazilian Portuguese aí, from Old Tupi.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ai (plural ais or ai)

  1. A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.
SynonymsEdit

See alsoEdit

  • unau (two-toed sloth)

ReferencesEdit

Further readingEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Contraction of aight (which itself is a contraction of all right).

PronunciationEdit

ContractionEdit

ai

  1. (slang, US) All right.
    Ai, let's go.

AnagramsEdit

AkeiEdit

NounEdit

ai

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

  • Sidney Herbert Ray, A comparative study of the Melanesian Island languages (1926), page 351

AlbanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Albanian *a-ei (compound of proclitic particle a and ei), from Proto-Indo-European *ís (“he, this (one)”). Compare Latin is, German er, Lithuanian jìs, Sanskrit अयम् (ayám)).

PronounEdit

ai m sg (accusative atë, dative atij, ablative atij)

  1. he

DeclensionEdit

forms of ai
ai (3rd person masculine singular)
nominative ai
ablative atij / tij
full form clitic
accusative atë e
dative atij i
possessive adjective possessive pronoun
i tij i tiji

See alsoEdit

Albanian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person unë ne
2nd person ti ju
3rd person masculine ai ata
feminine ajo ato

PronounEdit

ai

  1. that

DeclensionEdit

declension of ai
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative ai ajo ata ato
accusative atë atë ata ato
genitive/dative/ablative atij asaj atyre atyre

AmblongEdit

NounEdit

ai

  1. water

Further readingEdit

  • Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)

ApalaíEdit

NounEdit

ai

  1. penis

ArakiEdit

 
ai

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

NounEdit

ai

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)
  2. river, lake

ReferencesEdit

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

ai

  1. ouch (pain), ooh (pain)

NounEdit

ai m (plural ais)

  1. ooh (pain)

ChuukeseEdit

DeterminerEdit

ai

  1. First person singular general possessive; my (used with general-class objects)

Related termsEdit

Chuukese possessive determiners
Small objects, concepts Large objects, living things Suffix
Singular First person ai nei -ei
Second person omw, om noum -om
Third person an noun -an
Plural First person äm (exclusive)
ach (inclusive)		 nöu̇m (exclusive)
nöüch (inclusive)		 -em (exclusive)
-ach (inclusive)
Second person ämi, ami noumi -emi
Third person ar nour -er

CorsicanEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈaj/
  • Hyphenation: ai

VerbEdit

ai

  1. second-person singular indicative present of avè

ReferencesEdit

  • “avè” in Aiaccinu: Cunghjugatori corsu

DadibiEdit

NounEdit

ạị

  1. water

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

DubuEdit

NounEdit

ai

  1. water

Further readingEdit

DutchEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Portuguese ai, from Old Tupi ai.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ai m (plural ais)

  1. pale-throated sloth, Bradypus tridactylus
    Synonym: drievingerige luiaard

EstonianEdit

InterjectionEdit

ai

  1. ow, ouch

SynonymsEdit

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Estonian ai, Ingrian ai, Karelian ai, Ludian ai, Veps ai, Votic ai, and Swedish aj, Norwegian aj, Latvian aj. Perhaps natural; tracing an origin is practically impossible.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯/, [ˈɑ̝i̯]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi
  • Syllabification(key): ai

InterjectionEdit

ai

  1. ouch!
  2. oh!
    Ai, se olitkin sinä!
    Oh, it was you!
  3. (colloquial, interrogative particle) Oh? As in...?
    "Käytkö kaupassa?" "Ai, ruokakaupassa?"
    "Will you go to the shop?" "Oh, the food shop?"

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ai

  1. first-person singular present indicative of avoir
    J'ai un chien.
    I have a dog.

AnagramsEdit

FriulianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin allium.

NounEdit

ai m (plural ais)

  1. garlic

GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Galician-Portuguese ay (attested since the 13th century).

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

ai

  1. ouch! Expresses pain
  2. ooh! Expresses pain
  3. oh! Expresses concern
    • 1812, Antonio Benito Fandiño, A Casamenteira:
      Ai tontiño, porque iñoras
      o qu’he mantér casa e vida,
      que por ben que estea sortida,
      hai faltas a todas horas.
      O segundo, que teu pai
      pensa com’home de ben,
      e así por vergonza ten
      unha nora que non trai.
      Orasme, sobr’esto hai,
      que a dous parizós que teña,
      non tendes donde vos veña,
      cando ela non colla un mal.
      Oh, silly, because you don't know
      what it is to keep house and life,
      no matter how well stocked it is,
      there's lack at all hours.
      Second, your father
      thinks like a good man,
      and to his shame he has
      a daughter-in-law who doesn't bear.
      However, on this matter,
      with just two childbirths that she has,
      you'll be left resourceless,
      and that if she doesn't get sick.

ReferencesEdit

  • “ay” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “ai” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “ai” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “ai” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

GilberteseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

NounEdit

ai

  1. fire

GunEdit

Alternative formsEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Gbe *ayĩ́ (“earth”). Cognates include Fon ayǐ, Saxwe Gbe nyixɔ́, Adja anyi

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

aí (plural aí lẹ́) (Nigeria)

  1. ground

Derived termsEdit

HawaiianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *qai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasiq.

VerbEdit

ai

  1. To have sexual intercourse, to copulate.

Hiri MotuEdit

PronounEdit

ai

  1. 1st-person plural pronoun exclusive: we, us (but not you)

See alsoEdit

Hiri Motu personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person lau ai (exclusive)
ita (inclusive)
2nd person oi umui
3rd person ia idia

IbanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayic *air, Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ai

  1. water

Further readingEdit

  • Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎[1], Canberra: The Australian National University
  • Asmah Haji Omar (1977), “The Iban Language”, in The Sarawak Museum Journal, volume XXV, issue 46, pages 81-100
  • Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

ItalianEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • a' (truncation)

PronunciationEdit

ContractionEdit

ai

  1. contraction of a i; to the, at the

AnagramsEdit

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

ai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of アイ

KalashaEdit

PronounEdit

ai

  1. Alternative spelling of ábi (sense 1).

KendayanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayic *air, Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ai

  1. water

Further readingEdit

  • Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

KottEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Proto-Yeniseian *axʷ (“I”). Compare Assan aj (“I”), Arin aj (“I”), and Pumpokol ad (“I”).

PronounEdit

ai

  1. I (first-person singular subjective)

Related termsEdit

KriolEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From English eye.

NounEdit

ai

  1. eye
  2. headlight of a car
  3. seed

Etymology 2Edit

From English I.

PronounEdit

ai

  1. I

Etymology 3Edit

From English high.

AdjectiveEdit

ai

  1. high, tall

KunaEdit

NounEdit

ai

  1. friend

LadinEdit

EtymologyEdit

a +‎ i

ContractionEdit

ai

  1. at or to the (+ plural noun)

LadinoEdit

AdverbEdit

ai (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אאי‎)

  1. Alternative form of aí

LatinEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ai

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of āiō

ReferencesEdit

  • “ai”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ai”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • do you think so? are you in earnest: ain tu?

LatvianEdit

InterjectionEdit

ai

  1. ouch!
  2. oh!

Leti (Indonesia)Edit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

NounEdit

ai

  1. fire

LithuanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Compare Russian ой (oj, “ow!”).

PronunciationEdit

ái: IPA(key): /a͡ɪ/

aĩ: IPA(key): /ɐ͡ɪ/

InterjectionEdit

ái! or aĩ!

  1. ow!, ah!, (expresses pain, fear or surprise)
  2. oi!, hey! (used to attract someone's attention)

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

words derived from "ai"

LombardEdit

NounEdit

ai

  1. Alternative form of aj (“garlic”)

ManchuEdit

RomanizationEdit

ai

  1. Romanization of ᠠᡳ

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

ai

  1. Nonstandard spelling of āi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of ái.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ǎi.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of ài.

Usage notesEdit

  • 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.

MaquiritariEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Cariban [Term?]. Compare Apalaí ae, Hixkaryana yaye, Macushi yapai, and Waiwai yay.

PronunciationEdit

PostpositionEdit

ai

  1. through, by; indicates motion by way of a non-aquatic object of class 1

Usage notesEdit

A possessed noun that is the object of this postposition does not take the possessed suffix -dü. The postposition can thus combine with nouns referring to body parts and parts of objects to form more complex postpositions/relational nouns.

See alsoEdit

Maquiritari primitive postpositions
generic location specific location or goal pathway
object class 1 awö aka ai
object class 2 tawö taka tai
aquatic object kwawö kwaka kwai

ReferencesEdit

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[3], Lyon, page 267–272

Mbyá GuaraníEdit

AdjectiveEdit

ai

  1. (to be) bitter

ConjugationEdit

    Possessed forms of ai
singular plural
1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person
inclusive 		1st person
exclusive 		2nd person 3rd person
xerai nderai hai nhanderai orerai penderai hai

NounEdit

ai

  1. wound, injury

Middle EnglishEdit

PronounEdit

ai

  1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

Naga PidginEdit

EtymologyEdit

Inherited from Assamese আই (ai).

NounEdit

ai

  1. mother, mom

NormanEdit

VerbEdit

ai

  1. (Guernsey) first-person singular present indicative of aver

North FrisianEdit

AdverbEdit

ai

  1. (Mooring) not

Norwegian BokmålEdit

InterjectionEdit

ai

  1. used to express surprise

ReferencesEdit

Norwegian NynorskEdit

InterjectionEdit

ai

  1. used to express surprise

ReferencesEdit

OccitanEdit

VerbEdit

ai

  1. first-person singular present indicative of aver

PitjantjatjaraEdit

InterjectionEdit

ai

  1. huh
  2. geez
  3. what
  4. hey

ReferencesEdit

  • "ai" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition
  • Ninti Ngapartji

PohnpeianEdit

PronunciationEdit

InterjectionEdit

ai

  1. no way!

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Hyphenation: ai

InterjectionEdit

ai

  1. ouch (expression of physical pain)
    Ai! Pisei um prego! ― Ouch! I stepped on a nail!
  2. oh (expression of concern)

Derived termsEdit

Rapa NuiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *hai. Cognates include Tongan hai and Maori wai.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.i/
  • Hyphenation: a‧i

PronounEdit

ai

  1. who?

ReferencesEdit

  • Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎[4], Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 404

RohingyaEdit

VerbEdit

ai

  1. come

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

ArticleEdit

ai (masculine plural possessive)

  1. of
    Niște prieteni ai lui sunt interesanți.
    Some friends of his are interesting.
See alsoEdit
  • al (masculine/neuter singular)
  • a (feminine singular)
  • ale (feminine/neuter plural)

Etymology 2Edit

From Latin allium / alium.

NounEdit

ai m (uncountable)

  1. (regional) garlic
DeclensionEdit
declension of ai (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ai aiul
genitive/dative (unui) ai aiului
vocative aiule
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
See alsoEdit

Etymology 3Edit

Inflected form of avea (“to have”).

VerbEdit

ai

  1. second-person singular present indicative of avea
    (you) have
    Ai vreun prieten în România?
    Do you have any friends in Romania?
  2. inflection of avea:
    1. second-person singular present subjunctive
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 4Edit

From an old or proto-Romanian form ae, from Latin habēs[1].

VerbEdit

ai

  1. (tu) ai (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)
    (you) have...
Related termsEdit

Etymology 5Edit

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *eas, from Latin habēbās.

VerbEdit

ai

(tu) ai (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of avea, used with infinitives to form conditional tenses)

  1. (you) would
    Ai fi murit dacă ți-aș fi spus.
    You would have died if I'd told you.
Related termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ http://www.lingv.ro/RRL%201-2%202009%20Nevaci,%20Todi.pdf

SeriEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

ai (plural aaita)

  1. his father
DeclensionEdit
Declension of ai
singular plural
absolutive hapee —
1st person hii ihyaaita
2nd person mai maaita
3rd person ai aaita

Etymology 2Edit

PrepositionEdit

ai

  1. still (used with nominalized third person verbs)

ReferencesEdit

  • Moser, Mary B.; Marlett, Stephen A. (2010) Comcaac quih yaza quih hant ihiip hac: cmiique iitom - cocsar iitom - maricaana iitom [Seri-Spanish-English Dictionary], 2nd edition, Hermosillo: Plaza y Valdés Editores, →ISBN, page 43.

Sranan TongoEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • ay (unofficial)

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From English eye.

NounEdit

ai

  1. eye

Etymology 2Edit

From English aye, ay.

InterjectionEdit

ai

  1. yes

SumbawaEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

NounEdit

ai

  1. water

ReferencesEdit

TàyEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ai (埃)

  1. Synonym of cò niêng

ReferencesEdit

  • Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[5][6] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎[7] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

TetumEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, compare Tagalog kahoy.

NounEdit

ai

  1. tree
  2. wood

Tok PisinEdit

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EtymologyEdit

From English eye.

NounEdit

ai

  1. (anatomy) eye
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:5:
      Sapos yutupela i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, bai ai bilong yutupela i op na yutupela i kisim save long wanem samting i gutpela, na wanem samting i nogut, na bai yutupela i kamap wankain olsem God. God i save long dispela, olsem na em i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”
      →New International Version translation
  2. hole, opening, lid
  3. tip

Derived termsEdit

TokelauanEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈa.i/
  • Hyphenation: a‧i

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Polynesian *hai. Cognates include Hawaiian ai and Samoan ai.

PronounEdit

ai

  1. who?

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Polynesian *ai. Cognates include Hawaiian ai and Samoan ai.

ParticleEdit

ai

  1. Anaphoric particle used to refer to an adverbial clause; there, then
Derived termsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎[8], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 1

Torres Strait CreoleEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From English I.

PronounEdit

ai

  1. I (see also mi)

Etymology 2Edit

From English eye.

NounEdit

ai

  1. eye

VenetianEdit

NounEdit

ai

  1. plural of aio

VietnameseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Vietic *ʔeː (“who”). Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] ʔeː¹.

PronunciationEdit

PronounEdit

ai • (埃)

  1. who
    Bạn là ai?
    Who are you?
    Ai (mà) biết.
    Who knows? / How should I know?
  2. whoever
  3. someone else
  4. one, a person
    • 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Cuối mùa nhan sắc" (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house
      Người ở chùa, người bán vé số, người ngủ công viên, người hát rong, ít ai có nhà để về.
      Some live at the temple, some sell lottery tickets, some sleep in parks, some play music in the streets; few have a home to go back to.
  5. (rhetorical) nobody

Usage notesEdit

  • The interrogative pronoun ai is used for a person. When ai functions as the subject of the question, it is placed at the beginning of the question.
Ai có ô tô? ― Who has a car?
  • When functioning as the predicate, it can either follow or predate the linking verb là.
Hải là ai? ― Who is Hải?
Ai là Hải? ― Who is Hải?
  • When functioning as the object, it is placed after the verb.
Nga vẽ ai? ― Whom is Nga drawing?

See alsoEdit

Derived terms

Further readingEdit

VolapükEdit

AdverbEdit

ai

  1. always
  2. at all times
  3. constantly (habitually)
  4. ever (always)
  5. habitually

AntonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

ParticleEdit

ai

  1. interrogative particle (used when a non-verbal element is fronted for emphasis)
    Ai athro yw ef?
    Is he a teacher?
  2. whether, if (used when the subordinate clause has a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis)
    Ni wn ai athro yw ef.
    I do not know whether he is a teacher.

West MakianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

ai

  1. (intransitive) to come back, return
  2. (intransitive) to depart
    naai sito? ― where did you depart from?

ConjugationEdit

Conjugation of ai (action verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person taai maai aai
2nd person naai faai
3rd person inanimate iai daai
animate
imperative naai, ai faai, ai

ReferencesEdit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[9], Pacific linguistics (as ay)

YamiEdit

NounEdit

ai

  1. (anatomy) foot

ZouEdit

 
Ai.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

ái

  1. crab

ReferencesEdit

  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40
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