yai
ChuaveEdit
NounEdit
yai
ReferencesEdit
- Orthography and Phonology Database: Highlands and Papuan Regions (SIL, 1999), page 10 (Chuave wordlist)
MandarinEdit
RomanizationEdit
yai
- Nonstandard spelling of yái.
Usage notesEdit
- English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.
SwahiliEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Bantu *ìgɪ́.
PronunciationEdit
Audio (Kenya) (file)