parai

See also: parái and Paraí

English

Noun

parai (plural parais)

1. A type of percussion instrument used in the parai attam dance associated with Tamil culture.

Central Dusun

Pronunciation

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Noun

parai

1. (Kadazandusun) paddy

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.ʁɛ/
• Homophones: paré, parée, parées, parer, parés, parez

Verb

parai

1. first-person singular past historic of parer

Anagrams

• paria, râpai

Galician

Verb

parai

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of parar

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pa.rai/
• Hyphenation: pa‧rai
• Rhymes: -rai

Adjective

parai

1. dead

   Polis agi nasat pemarai lelaki ditembak RELA

   The polis to investigate again a dead male shot by a RELA (Malaysian Volunteer Corps Department) personnel.

References

• Richards, Anthony. An Iban-English Dictionary, Volume 1 Clarendon Press. 1981.
• Polis agi nasat pemarai lelaki ditembak RELA The Borneo Post. 9 July 2010.

Italian

Verb

parai

1. first-person singular past historic of parare

Anagrams

• apira, arpia, paria, rapai

Maori

Verb

parai

1. to fry

Portuguese

Verb

parai

1. second-person plural imperative of parar

Romanian

Etymology

From para.

Noun

parai m pl (plural only)

1. (slang) US dollar

Declension

declension of parai (plural only)

	plural
m gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(niște) parai	paraii
genitive/dative	(unor) parai	parailor
vocative	parailor

Sardinian

Etymology

Compare Italian parare.

Verb

parai

1. to protect