cai
Translingual
editSymbol
editcai
Aromanian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology 1
editFrom Latin quālis, quālem. Compare Romanian care.
Determiner
editcai
Pronoun
editcai
Etymology 2
editNoun
editcai m pl
Asturian
editAlternative forms
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcai f (plural cais)
- street
- Les cais el pueblu entovía-yos falta asfaltu.
- The village streets still need asphalt.
Noun
editcai m (plural cais)
Balinese
editRomanization
editcai
- Romanization of ᬘᬿ
Galician
editEtymology
editFrom Old French kay, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcai m (plural cais)
- quay, pier, wharf, breakwater
- Synonym: peirao
References
edit- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cai”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cai”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Highland Popoluca
editNoun
editcai
- a dead person
References
edit- Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 11
Leonese
editEtymology
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editcai m
References
editMacanese
editEtymology
editFrom Portuguese cai, third-person singular present conjugation of cair. Compare sai for a similar phenomenon.
Verb
editcai
- to fall
- cai madre ― (of the uterus) to prolapse (literally, “to fall womb”)
- cai na asnéra ― to commit a faux-pas (literally, “to fall into trouble”)
- cai na putau ― to blunder (literally, “to fall into a clayen dish”)
- Já cai de cadera
- He fell off the chair
- Já cai di cumprido na chám
- He fell and lay sprawled on the floor
- Cuidado, nom-mestê tropeçá! Vôs cai, nôs cai juntado co vôs.
- Be careful, don’t stumble! If you fall down, we will fall down with you.
- to get carried away
- cai pê-mám ― to lose one's temper; to become disoriented (literally, “to fall feet-hands”)
- cai sin sintido ― to faint; to swoon (literally, “to fall without sense”)
Derived terms
editReferences
editManchu
editRomanization
editcai
- Romanization of ᠴᠠᡳ
Mandarin
editRomanization
editcai
- Nonstandard spelling of cāi.
- Nonstandard spelling of cái.
- Nonstandard spelling of cǎi.
- Nonstandard spelling of cài.
Usage notes
edit- 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.
Ngazidja Comorian
editEtymology
editLikely from Persian چای (čây); see Swahili chai for more.
Noun
editcai class 9 (plural cai class 10)
References
edit- “cai” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.
Occitan
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcai m (plural cais)
Portuguese
editPronunciation
edit
- Hyphenation: cai
- Rhymes: -aj
Verb
editcai
- inflection of cair:
Romanian
editPronunciation
editNoun
editcai m pl
Sundanese
editRomanization
editcai
- Romanization of ᮎᮄ
Tày
editPronunciation
edit- (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA(key): [kaːj˧˧]
- (Trùng Khánh) IPA(key): [kaːj˦˥]
Etymology 1
editNoun
editcai (垓)
- veranda opposite the entrance in Tày-styled stilt houses
- yard
- Synonym: coo̱ng
- Cáy chin khẩu chang cai.
- Chickens eat rice at the yard.
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editFrom Chinese 街 (MC kea|keaj, “street”). Cognate with Bouyei gaail and Zhuang gai.
Noun
editcai
- streets (in general)
- oóc cai khảu bản ― out of the streets into the village
Etymology 3
editVerb
editcai
- to manage
- Synonym: cuổn
- cai bấu lồng ― could not manage
- hết cai ― to do management
- to domineer
- pây cai hâu ― to go domineering over other people
Derived terms
editReferences
edit- Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary][2][3] (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][4] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
- Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary][5] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient
Venetian
editNoun
editcai
Vietnamese
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editSino-Vietnamese word from 該.
Noun
editcai
- (military, historical) corporal
- overseer; foreman; supervisor
- (dialectal) Short for cai tổng (“district chief”).
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
editNon-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 戒 (SV: giới).
Verb
editcai
- to break (a habit); to grow out of (a habit); to give up
Derived terms
editWhite Hmong
editNoun
editcai
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