different between dai vs dui

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

Noun

dui

1. (obsolete) plural of duo

Anagrams

• Diu, IUD, UDI, UID, Udi, udi-

Corsican

Etymology

From Latin duo, from Proto-Italic *du?, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh?. Cognates include Italian due and Romanian doi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dui/
• Hyphenation: du?i

Numeral

dui m (feminine duie)

1. two

References

• “dui, duie” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Fiji Hindi

Etymology

From Bhojpuri ??? (dui).

Numeral

dui

1. two

References

• Fiji Hindi Dictionary
• Siegel, Jeff (1977) Say it in Fiji Hindi, Australia: Pacific Publications, ?ISBN, page 28

Istriot

Alternative forms

• duj

Etymology

From Latin duo.

Numeral

dui

1. two

Kalo Finnish Romani

Alternative forms

• duj

Etymology

From Romani dui, from Sanskrit ??? (dva), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *dwáH, from Proto-Indo-European *dwóh?. Cognates include Hindi ?? (do).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?dui?/

Numeral

dui

1. (cardinal numbers) two

References

• “duj” in Finnish Romani-English Dictionary, ROMLEX – the Romani Lexicon Project, 2000.

Mandarin

Romanization

dui

1. Nonstandard spelling of du?.
2. Nonstandard spelling of du?.
3. Nonstandard spelling of duì.

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.

Old French

Numeral

dui

1. nominative of deus

Rohingya

Etymology

From Sanskrit ??? (dva, “two”).

Numeral

dui

1. two

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• dù, rui, rù

Etymology

From Latin duae, feminine plural of duo.

Numeral

dui

1. two

Southeastern Tepehuan

Etymology

Cognate with O'odham jui (“a type of prickly pear”).

Noun

dui

1. plum

References

• 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)?^[1] (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 53