different between dai vs dap

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi [Term?], from Sanskrit.

Noun

dai (plural dais)

1. (chiefly North India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) A wet nurse; a midwife. [from 18th c.]
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 72:

     Kausalya, she learnt, was his dai, the one who had breast-fed and looked after him.

Anagrams

• -iad, AID, Adi, DIA, Dia, I'd-a, I'da, IAD, Ida, Ida., aid, dia-

Bikol Central

Pronunciation

• (Philippine) IPA^(key): /da??i/

Particle

dai (daí)

1. no

   Coordinate terms: bako, iyo

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin di?s. Compare Istriot dèi, Venetian and archaic Italian dì, Romanian zi.

Noun

dai m (plural dai)

1. day

Derived terms

• bun dai

Etymology 2

Interjection

dai

1. go away, get lost

German Low German

Article

dai m or f (neuter dat, plural dai)

1. (East Pomeranian) the

Pronoun

dai m or f (neuter dat, plural dai)

1. (East Pomeranian) (relative) who, that, which

Iau

Noun

dai

1. cassowary

Further reading

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

Italian

Etymology

Contraction of da i.

Contraction

dai

1. contraction of da i:
   1. from the
   2. at the house/home of the

Alternative forms

• da' (truncation)

Related terms

• da'
• dagli
• dal
• dall'
• dalla
• dalle
• dallo

Verb

dai

1. second-person singular present of dare
2. second-person singular imperative of dare

Interjection

dai!

1. An expression of encouragement; come on!

Anagrams

• adì, dia, Ida

Japanese

Romanization

dai

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Ladin

Etymology

da +? i

Contraction

dai

1. from or of the (+ masculine plural noun)

Mandarin

Romanization

dai

1. Nonstandard spelling of d?i.
2. Nonstandard spelling of d?i.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dài.

Usage notes

• 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.

Middle English

Noun

dai

1. Alternative form of day

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dei. Cognates include West Frisian dei.

Noun

dai m (plural daar)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) day

   de öler dai

   the next day

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /?daj/
• Rhymes: -aj

Verb

dai

1. second-person plural (vós, sometimes used with vocês) affirmative imperative of dar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [daj]

Verb

dai

1. second-person singular present indicative of da
2. second-person singular present subjunctive of da

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (da??).

Pronunciation

Noun

dai (ma class, plural madai)

1. a claim
2. a demand
3. a requirement

Verb

-dai (infinitive kudai)

1. claim
2. demand
3. require

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -daia
  • Passive: -daiwa
  • Reciprocal: -daiana
  • Stative: -daika

• Nominal derivations:
  • mdai

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English die

Verb

dai

1. To die

Adjective

dai

1. dead

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-ta?l.

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [za?j??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [ja?j??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ja?j??]
• Homophone: giai

Adjective

dai

1. (of food) tough

2. persistent

Derived terms

Adverb

dai

1. persistently

Welsh

Noun

dai

1. Soft mutation of tai.

Mutation

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *p.ta?j? (“to die”). Cognate with Thai ??? (dtaai), Lao ??? (t?i), Lü ?? (?aay), Tai Dam ???, Shan ??? (t?ay), Tai Nüa ??? (taay), Ahom ???????? (tay).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ta?i??/
• Tone numbers: dai¹
• Hyphenation: dai

Verb

dai (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ? or ? or ???? or ?, old orthography dai)

1. to die

Derived terms

Zou

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dai??/

Noun

dai

1. dew

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dai???/

Verb

dái

1. (transitive) to hinder

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dai???/

Noun

dài

1. fence, hedge

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63

English

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic, from the sound made when a person runs while wearing daps.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dæp/
• Rhymes: -æp

Noun

dap (plural daps)

1. (West Country, Somerset, Bristol, Wales, usually in the plural) A plimsoll.
   • 1988, Alan Hollinghurst, The Swimming Pool Library, Penguin Books (1988), page 169:

     I somehow expected them to shout obscenities, and was glad I had come ordinarily dressed, in a sports shirt, an old linen jacket, jeans and daps.

Verb

dap (third-person singular simple present daps, present participle dapping, simple past and past participle dapped)

1. (Bristol) To run or go somewhere quickly.

2. (metalworking) To create a hollow indentation.
3. (fishing) To drop the bait gently onto the surface of the water.

Etymology 2

US 1971, originally by black soldiers during the Vietnam war, associated with Black Power movement. Originally an elaborate handshake, later specifically a fistbump.

Verb originally give dap. Presumably onomatopoeic, or influenced by tap, dab, etc. Alternatively, from earlier slang usage as abbreviation of dapper. Also explained as an acronym, such as “Dignity for Afro People” or “Dignity And Pride”; this may be a backronym or unrelated, but accords with phrasal use as “give DAP” (compare “give respect”). More speculative etymologies derive it from Vietnamese ??p (“beautiful”), though this is unlikely.

Noun

dap (plural daps)

1. (originally) Elaborate handshake, especially hooking thumbs.
   • 1971, London Magazine, Volume 11, p. 33:

     ... where many officers look the other way when blacks ‘give dap’ (the power shake) ...

   • 1972, Sepia, Volume 21, p. 80:

     These bloods just give dap just so they won't be called Uncle Toms.

2. A fist bump.

   Synonym: dab

Verb

dap (third-person singular simple present daps, present participle dapping, simple past and past participle dapped)

1. To greet with a dap.

Further reading

• giving dap on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• The Routledge Dictionary of Modern American Slang and Unconventional English (2009), p. 271

References

Anagrams

• ADP, APD, DPA, PDA, pad

Rawang

Etymology

From Burmese ??? (tap), from Mon ???.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /t?p??/

Noun

dap

1. army base.
2. army.

Synonyms

• pin
• pindap
• sìl

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [dap], [dap?]

Interjection

dap

1. Informal form of da.

Yola

Verb

dap

1. Alternative form of dab

Zhuang

Etymology

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Noun

dap

1. tower