Wiktionary

tai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "tai"

TranslingualEdit

SymbolEdit

tai

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

EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Japanese 鯛 (たい).

NounEdit

tai

  1. A fish, the Japanese bream.

Related termsEdit

AnagramsEdit

'Are'areEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.

Cognate with Maori tahi (“one”), Hawaiian kahi (“one”).

NumeralEdit

tai

  1. one

Etymology 2Edit

Appears to be cognate with Maori tui (“to sew; to string or thread together”), Hawaiian kui (“needle, pin; to string or thread together”).

VerbEdit

tai

  1. to sew
SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

AklanonEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, compare Malay tahi.

NounEdit

tai

  1. excrement, feces

BalineseEdit

NounEdit

tai

  1. excrement, feces

CebuanoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi. Compare Tagalog tae.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtaʔi/, [ˈt̪a.ʔɪ]
  • Hyphenation: ta‧i

NounEdit

tai

  1. feces
  2. dung; animal excrement

AdjectiveEdit

tai

  1. (vulgar) despicable

InterjectionEdit

tai!

  1. (vulgar) shit!

FaroeseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Thai ไทย (tai).

NounEdit

tai n (genitive singular tais, uncountable)

  1. Thai language

SynonymsEdit

FijianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Central Pacific *taci, from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik.

NounEdit

tai

  1. coast
  2. sea-shore

FinnishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • tahi (mostly archaic; see the below usage notes)

EtymologyEdit

From earlier tahi (*tahdik), probably originally tah- +‎ -i (lative suffix), the stem of which is that of tahtoa (and also tahansa, tahallaan).

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtɑi̯(ˣ)/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝i̯(ʔ)]
  • Rhymes: -ɑi
  • Syllabification(key): tai

ConjunctionEdit

tai

  1. (coordinating; in affirmative clauses) or
    Sinä tai minä. ― You or me.
    Tajusin rakastuneeni, halusin tai en. ― I realised I'd fallen in love, whether I wanted to or not.

Usage notesEdit

  • On the differences between tai and vai:
    • tai is an inclusive or, while vai is an exclusive or. For instance, while Söitkö sinä leivän tai hedelmät? and Söitkö sinä leivän vai hedelmät? are both correct, the former asks in a yes or no question if you ate bread, fruit, bread and fruit, or nothing, while the latter asks which you ate, the bread, or the fruit. vai may only be used in interrogative clauses.
    • Outside interrogative clauses, an explicit or may be expressed using joko ... tai (technically only for two options, but sometimes used also with more than two).
  • (tai/taikka/tahi):
    • In legal language, there exists a difference between tai and taikka. taikka is considered "stronger" than tai. For example, an attribute specified before a list will apply to every item with tai, but not with taikka. Generally speaking tai is seen as binding things closer together than taikka.
      tieteellinen tai historiallinen tutkimus taikka tilastointi ― scientific or historical research; or compiling statistics = any of the following: (a) scientific research, (b) historical research, (c) compiling statistics (not necessarily scientific or historical)
    • Colloquially tai and taikka are largely interchangeable and their use depends on the speaker.
    • Particularly in older legal texts, tahi is sometimes used as well, with the scale being tai < tahi < taikka (from weakest to strongest). tahi is otherwise now only used dialectally as an alternative form of tai.

SynonymsEdit

  • taikka, tahikka (less common; see the above usage notes)
  • tahi (chiefly archaic; see the above usage notes)
  • eli (archaic)

NounEdit

tai

  1. OR (logic gate or connector)

DeclensionEdit

Rarely inflected; if inflection is necessary, it is used as the first component in a compound, such as TAI-portti ("OR gate").


Inflection of tai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative tai tait
genitive tain taiden
taitten
partitive taita taita
illative taihin taihin
singular plural
nominative tai tait
accusative nom. tai tait
gen. tain
genitive tain taiden
taitten
partitive taita taita
inessive taissa taissa
elative taista taista
illative taihin taihin
adessive tailla tailla
ablative tailta tailta
allative taille taille
essive taina taina
translative taiksi taiksi
instructive — tain
abessive taitta taitta
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of tai (type maa)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative taini taini
accusative nom. taini taini
gen. taini
genitive taini taideni
taitteni
partitive taitani taitani
inessive taissani taissani
elative taistani taistani
illative taihini taihini
adessive taillani taillani
ablative tailtani tailtani
allative tailleni tailleni
essive tainani tainani
translative taikseni taikseni
instructive — —
abessive taittani taittani
comitative — taineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative taisi taisi
accusative nom. taisi taisi
gen. taisi
genitive taisi taidesi
taittesi
partitive taitasi taitasi
inessive taissasi taissasi
elative taistasi taistasi
illative taihisi taihisi
adessive taillasi taillasi
ablative tailtasi tailtasi
allative taillesi taillesi
essive tainasi tainasi
translative taiksesi taiksesi
instructive — —
abessive taittasi taittasi
comitative — tainesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative taimme taimme
accusative nom. taimme taimme
gen. taimme
genitive taimme taidemme
taittemme
partitive taitamme taitamme
inessive taissamme taissamme
elative taistamme taistamme
illative taihimme taihimme
adessive taillamme taillamme
ablative tailtamme tailtamme
allative taillemme taillemme
essive tainamme tainamme
translative taiksemme taiksemme
instructive — —
abessive taittamme taittamme
comitative — tainemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative tainne tainne
accusative nom. tainne tainne
gen. tainne
genitive tainne taidenne
taittenne
partitive taitanne taitanne
inessive taissanne taissanne
elative taistanne taistanne
illative taihinne taihinne
adessive taillanne taillanne
ablative tailtanne tailtanne
allative taillenne taillenne
essive tainanne tainanne
translative taiksenne taiksenne
instructive — —
abessive taittanne taittanne
comitative — tainenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative tainsa tainsa
accusative nom. tainsa tainsa
gen. tainsa
genitive tainsa taidensa
taittensa
partitive taitaan
taitansa 		taitaan
taitansa
inessive taissaan
taissansa 		taissaan
taissansa
elative taistaan
taistansa 		taistaan
taistansa
illative taihinsa taihinsa
adessive taillaan
taillansa 		taillaan
taillansa
ablative tailtaan
tailtansa 		tailtaan
tailtansa
allative tailleen
taillensa 		tailleen
taillensa
essive tainaan
tainansa 		tainaan
tainansa
translative taikseen
taiksensa 		taikseen
taiksensa
instructive — —
abessive taittaan
taittansa 		taittaan
taittansa
comitative — taineen
tainensa

See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

Futuna-AniwaEdit

EtymologyEdit

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik.

NounEdit

tai

  1. the sea
  2. salt water

JapaneseEdit

RomanizationEdit

tai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of たい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of タイ

JavaneseEdit

Alternative formsEdit

NounEdit

tai (ngoko tai, krama tinja)

  1. excrement, feces
  2. rust

ReferencesEdit

  • “[ tai]” in Bausastra Jawa, Yogyakarta: The Linguistic Center of Yogyakarta [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Yogyakarta].

KarelianEdit

PronounEdit

tai

  1. this
  2. that

KokodaEdit

NounEdit

tai

  1. (Tarof) water

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

LatgalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with Lithuanian taip.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): [ˈtài̯]
  • Hyphenation: tai

AdverbEdit

tai

  1. so (in this way)

ParticleEdit

tai

  1. yes, that's right

SynonymsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

LatvianEdit

PronounEdit

tai

  1. to that; dative singular feminine form of tas
  2. in that; locative singular masculine form of tas
  3. in that; locative singular feminine form of tas

LithuanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

Derived from an unattested neuter form *ta, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas, taˀ, ta (“that”); see tas for more. Evidence for a Common Baltic neuter form *ta (matching Proto-Slavic *to) can be observed in Old Prussian stas, sta(i), sta and the Latvian particle ta-. The suffix -aĩ is apparently formed by analogy with kai (“when, while”); see this entry for more.

PronunciationEdit

IPA(key): /tɐɪ/

ConjunctionEdit

taĩ

  1. (subordinating) that, then (in that case); introduces a complement to the main clause
    Jéi nóri, taĩ ir̃ reĩkia. - If you want to, then you should
    Vìskas, kõ norė́jau, taĩ tìk išsimiegóti. - All I wanted was to have a good night's sleep.
  2. (coordinating, correlative) first … then …
    Taĩ víenas, taĩ kìtas ateĩna. - First one came, then another.

ParticleEdit

taĩ

  1. (emphatic) puts additional emphasis on the subject of the clause; now that's … !; so that's … !
    Taĩ và kur̃ jìs! - So that's where he is!
    Õ dabar̃ taĩ àš bėdojè. - And now it's me who's in trouble.

PronounEdit

taĩ (indeclinable)

  1. (demonstrative) that (refers to an object or idea understood by both parties)
    Taĩ įdomù - That's interesting
    Kàs taĩ yrà? - What is that?
  2. (demonstrative) that, what (the first element of a relative clause, may be omitted)
    Taĩ, kàs išlieka ― What (=that which) remains.
    Gal jaũ laĩkas darýti taĩ, kàs patiñka mán. - Perhaps it's time I did what I like for once.

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

MakasarEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tai (Lontara spelling ᨈᨕᨗ)

  1. feces
  2. discharge, dirt (in compounds)

Derived termsEdit

MandarinEdit

RomanizationEdit

tai (tai5／tai0, Zhuyin ˙ㄊㄞ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呔

RomanizationEdit

tai

  1. Nonstandard spelling of tāi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of tái.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of tǎi.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of tài.

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.

MansakaEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, compare Malay tahi.

NounEdit

tai

  1. excrement, feces

Etymology 2Edit

From tahi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tahiq.

VerbEdit

tai

  1. to sew

MaoriEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *tai, from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (compare with Malay tasik (ms)).

NounEdit

tai

  1. sea

See alsoEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 445-6

MaquiritariEdit

Alternative formsEdit

  • (allomorph after i) chai

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Cariban [Term?]. Compare Apalaí tae, Hixkaryana taye, Macushi tapai.

PronunciationEdit

PostpositionEdit

tai

  1. through, by; indicates motion by way of a non-aquatic object of class 2

Usage notesEdit

This postposition cannot take person markers to indicate its object.

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[1], Lyon, page 267–272

Middle EnglishEdit

PronounEdit

tai

  1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

Naga PidginEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Assamese তাই (tai, “she”), from Early Assamese তাই (tai, “she”), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀢𑀸𑀏 (tāe, “by her”), from Sanskrit तया (tayā, “by her (instrumental case)”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠔꠣꠁ (tai).

PronounEdit

tai

  1. he, she
    Lazarus nam ekjon manu thakise. Tai laga duijon boinikhan thakise.
    A man names Lazarus lived. His two sisters lived.

North Moluccan MalayEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Classical Malay تاهي‎ (tahi), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tai

  1. feces, excrement

ReferencesEdit

  • Betty Litamahuputty (2012) Ternate Malay: Grammar and Texts

PolishEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈta.i/
  • Rhymes: -ai
  • Syllabification: ta‧i

VerbEdit

tai

  1. third-person singular present of taić

PukapukanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi.

NumeralEdit

tai

  1. one, first, single
    Synonym: tayi

Etymology 2Edit

From Proto-Polynesian *tai, from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik.

NounEdit

tai

  1. sea
    Ka wao au ki tai.
    I will jump into the sea.
  2. ocean
    Na wō te kau tāne ki tai yī kakai.
    The men have gone to the ocean to fish for tuna.
  3. tide
    Na wōwonu te tai i te mōtāyao, ko kikī i te ola lua nei.
    The tide was full in the morning, it is out now at two o'clock.
Derived termsEdit
  • taí (“lagoon side of the island or village”)
  • tukutai (“beach, lagoon shore”)

Etymology 3Edit

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

VerbEdit

tai

  1. to carve, shape wood
  2. to hew
Derived termsEdit
  • taitai (“cutting, hewing”)

Further readingEdit

Rapa NuiEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Polynesian *tai, from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik.

NounEdit

tai

  1. sea

RomanianEdit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

tai

  1. first/second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of tăia

Southeastern TepehuanEdit

EtymologyEdit

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan taí, O'odham tai, Huichol tái, Cora taíj, Classical Nahuatl tletl, Mayo tajji.

NounEdit

tai

  1. fire

ReferencesEdit

  • R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎[2] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 159

SpanishEdit

NounEdit

tai m (uncountable)

  1. Tai

Sranan TongoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From English tie.

VerbEdit

tai

  1. to tie, to bind

Derived termsEdit

SwahiliEdit

PronunciationEdit

  • Audio (Kenya)(file)

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

tai (n class, plural tai)

  1. eagle
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowed from English tie.

NounEdit

tai (n class, plural tai)

  1. tie (article of clothing)

TausugEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi.

NounEdit

tai

  1. excrement, feces

TernateEdit

 
tai

Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tai

  1. the fish Lutjanus lemniscatus

Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

tai

  1. (transitive) to stare at
ConjugationEdit
Conjugation of tai
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st totai fotai mitai
2nd notai nitai
3rd Masculine otai itai, yotai†
Feminine motai
Neuter itai
† - archaic

ReferencesEdit

  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

VietnameseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Vietic *saːj.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

(classifier cái) tai • (哉, 𦖱, 腮, 𦖻, 顋, 𣌒)

  1. (anatomy) ear

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

AnagramsEdit

WelshEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

tai m pl

  1. plural of tŷ

VerbEdit

tai

  1. third-person singular counterfactual conditional colloquial of bod (used after pe (“if”), which can also be omitted)
    (pe) tai hi’n hapus ― if she were happy

MutationEdit

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
tai dai nhai thai
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

ZouEdit

VerbEdit

tai

  1. run

ReferencesEdit

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