Translingual edit

Symbol edit

cai

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Central American Indian languages.

Aromanian edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Latin quālis, quālem. Compare Romanian care.

Determiner edit

cai

  1. which

Pronoun edit

cai

  1. which, that, who

Etymology 2 edit

Noun edit

cai m pl

  1. plural of cal (horse)

Asturian edit

Noun edit

cai f (plural cais)

  1. street
    Les cais er puebru entavía falta-yes asfaltu.
    The village streets still need asphalt.

Noun edit

cai m (plural cais)

  1. quay, port

Balinese edit

Romanization edit

cai

  1. Romanization of ᬘᬿ

Galician edit

Etymology edit

From Old French kay, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (enclosure), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (pen, enclosure).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cai m (plural cais)

  1. quay, pier, wharf, breakwater
    Synonym: peirao

References edit

  • cai” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • cai” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.

Highland Popoluca edit

Noun edit

cai

  1. 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 edit

Etymology edit

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun edit

cai m

  1. street, road

References edit

Macanese edit

Etymology edit

From Portuguese cai, third-person singular present conjugation of cair. Compare sai for a similar phenomenon.

Verb edit

cai

  1. to fall
    cai madre(of the uterus) to prolapse (literally, “to fall womb”)
    cai na asnérato commit a faux-pas (literally, “to fall into trouble”)
    cai na putauto blunder (literally, “to fall into a clay 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.
  2. to get carried away
    cai pê-mámto lose one's temper; to become disoriented (literally, “to fall feet-hands”)
    cai sin sintidoto faint; to swoon (literally, “to fall without sense”)

Derived terms edit

References edit

Manchu edit

Romanization edit

cai

  1. Romanization of ᠴᠠᡳ

Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

cai

  1. Nonstandard spelling of cāi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of cái.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of cǎi.
  4. 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 edit

Etymology edit

Likely from Persian چای (čây); see Swahili chai for more.

Noun edit

cai class 9 (plural cai class 10)

  1. tea

References edit

  • cai” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

Occitan edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈkai/
  • (file)

Noun edit

cai m (plural cais)

  1. (nautical) dock, quay

Portuguese edit

Pronunciation edit

  • Hyphenation: cai
  • Rhymes: -aj

Verb edit

cai

  1. inflection of cair:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Romanian edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

cai m pl

  1. plural of cal

Sundanese edit

Romanization edit

cai

  1. Romanization of ᮎᮄ

Venetian edit

Noun edit

cai

  1. plural of cao

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

Sino-Vietnamese word from .

Noun edit

cai

  1. (military, historical) corporal
  2. overseer; foreman; supervisor
  3. (dialectal) Short for cai tổng (district chief).
Derived terms edit
Derived terms

Etymology 2 edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese (SV: giới).

Verb edit

cai

  1. to break (a habit); to grow out of (a habit); to give up
Derived terms edit
Derived terms

White Hmong edit

Noun edit

cai

  1. law; rule; custom