Translingual edit

Symbol edit

nai

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

English edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Hindi नाई (nāī).

Noun edit

nai (plural nais)

  1. (India) barber.

Etymology 2 edit

From Romanian nai.

Noun edit

nai (plural nais)

  1. (music) A Romanian diatonic pan flute used since the 17th century.
Synonyms edit

Anagrams edit

Ajië edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

nai

  1. to plant

References edit

Aromanian edit

Etymology 1 edit

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

nai f (plural nãi)

  1. region, province, county

Etymology 2 edit

From Latin nāvis. Compare archaic Romanian naie.

Alternative forms edit

Noun edit

nai f (plural nãi)

  1. vessel, boat (especially with sails)
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Etymology 3 edit

Adverb edit

nai

  1. the most

Dalmatian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin nix, nivem. Compare Romanian nea, Italian neve, Romansch naiv, Catalan neu.

Noun edit

nai f

  1. snow

Finnish edit

Etymology 1 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑi̯/, [ˈnɑ̝i̯]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi
  • Syllabification(key): nai

Verb edit

nai

  1. third-person singular present/past indicative of naida

Etymology 2 edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈnɑi̯ˣ/, [ˈnɑ̝i̯(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi
  • Syllabification(key): nai

Verb edit

nai

  1. inflection of naida:
    1. present active indicative connegative
    2. second-person singular present imperative
    3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

Anagrams edit

Galician edit

 
nai e fillo ("mother and son")

Etymology edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese mãy, influenced by the archaic nana (mother),[1] from Latin mater. Cognate of Portuguese mãe.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nai f (plural nais)

  1. mother
    • 2016, Xurxo Sierra Veloso, Os fíos, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN:
      Apuntamentos para axenda mental de hoxe: rifa coa miña nai. A ver por que lle ten que ir contando ela a ninguén que precisei psiquiatra despois da miña separación?
      Appointment in today's TODO mental schedule: arguing with my mother. Why she has to go around telling anyone that I needed a psychiatrist after my separation?

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

References edit

  • mãy” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • nai” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • nai” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • nai” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
  1. ^ Joan Coromines; José A. Pascual (1983–1991), “padre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

nai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ない

Livonian edit

Etymology edit

From Proto-Finnic *nainën.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nai

  1. wife

Declension edit

Lote edit

Numeral edit

nai

  1. two

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Mandarin edit

Romanization edit

nai

  1. Nonstandard spelling of nái.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of nǎi.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of nài.

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.

Middle English edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Old Norse nei.

Pronunciation edit

Interjection edit

nai

  1. no

Noun edit

nai (plural nais)

  1. denial, refusal

Adverb edit

nai

  1. no

Descendants edit

  • English: nay
  • Yola: naay, na

References edit

Murui Huitoto edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈnai̯]
  • Hyphenation: nai

Root edit

nai

  1. this, that (anaphoric, specific)

Derived terms edit

References edit

  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 185
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 161

Ngazidja Comorian edit

Adjective edit

nai

  1. bad

References edit

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

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نای (nay), from Persian نی (ney).

Noun edit

nai n (plural naiuri)

  1. a type of pan flute

Declension edit

Descendants edit

  • English: nai

See also edit

South Efate edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nai

  1. water

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch naaien.

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

nai

  1. to sew

Derived terms edit

Vietnamese edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From Proto-Vietic *k-ɗeː. Cognate with Muong đai and Arem kadeː.

Alternative forms edit

  • (North Central Vietnam) nây

Noun edit

(classifier con) nai (, 󰶀)

  1. a sambar deer
  2. (by extension) any species of deer

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Derived terms

Etymology 2 edit

Unknown. Perhaps from the "confused" look that deer in general exhibit. Perhaps popularized by the lines that describe "a confused deer walking on autumn leaves" from the poem Tiếng thu (Sounds of Autumn) by Lưu Trọng Lư, and subsequently the pop song Mắt nai cha cha cha (Cha-Cha-Cha Deer Eyes) which describes the innocence of young girls.

Adjective edit

nai

  1. (slang) innocent; naive
    giả nai
    to act innocent; to act dumb; to feign ignorance

Etymology 3 edit

Verb edit

nai ()

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Welsh edit

Etymology edit

From Middle Welsh nei, from Proto-Brythonic *nei, from Proto-Celtic *neɸūss, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts.

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

nai m (plural neiaint, not mutable)

  1. nephew

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

  • R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nai”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies