different between dak vs dai

English

Alternative forms

• dawk

Etymology

From Hindi ??? (??k), from Ashokan Prakrit *???????????????? (*?akka), from Proto-Indo-Aryan *?akkas.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /d??k/, /d??k/

Noun

dak (plural daks)

1. (India) A post system by means of transport relays of horses stationed at intervals along a route or network, carrying mail and passengers.

Derived terms

• dak bungalow

Anagrams

• DKA

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch dak, from Old Dutch *thak, from Proto-Germanic *þak?, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dak/

Noun

dak (plural dakke, diminutive dakkie)

1. roof

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *dauka, from Proto-Indo-European *dheu, further related to Lithuanian dvékti (“to breathe”), dv?kas (“breath”). Related to dash.

Noun

dak m (indefinite plural daqe, definite singular daku, definite plural daqet)

1. big ram

Related terms

• dash

References

Central Nicobarese

Noun

dak

1. water

References

• Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80: In Car-Nicobarese mak. Central Nic. dak, Chowra rak, 'water', […]
• Heinz-Jürgen Pinnow, The Position of the Munda Languages within the Austroasiatic Language Family (1963), page 149: Nancowry daak

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch dac, from Old Dutch thak, from Proto-West Germanic *þak, from Proto-Germanic *þak?, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d?k/
• Hyphenation: dak
• Rhymes: -?k

Noun

dak n (plural daken, diminutive dakje n or daakje n)

1. roof

Derived terms

Related terms

• dekken

Descendants

• Afrikaans: dak
• ? Indonesian: dak
• ? Papiamentu: dak
• ? Sranan Tongo: daki

Eastern Mnong

Etymology

From Proto-Bahnaric /*?a?k/, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *?aak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?k/

Noun

dak

1. water
2. lake

Derived terms

• dak Lak (“Lak Lake”)

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch dak (“roof”), from Middle Dutch dac, from Old Dutch thak, from Proto-Germanic *þak?, from Proto-Indo-European *teg-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?dak]
• Hyphenation: dak

Noun

dak (first-person possessive dakku, second-person possessive dakmu, third-person possessive daknya)

1. (engineering) roof, the top external level of a building.

Further reading

• “dak” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia (KBBI) Daring, Jakarta: Badan Pengembangan dan Pembinaan Bahasa, Kementerian Pendidikan dan Kebudayaan Republik Indonesia, 2016.

Kharia

Etymology

For Munda cognates, see Mundari ??? (d??).

Noun

dak

1. water

References

• Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80

Korwa

Etymology

For Munda cognates, see Mundari ??? (d??).

Noun

dak

1. water

References

• Proceedings of the Annual Meeting of the Berkeley Linguistics Society (2002), page 80

Malay

Etymology

Cognate with tidak, tak, from Proto-Malayic *da? (compare Indonesian tidak), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *diaq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /da?/
• Rhymes: -da?, -a?

Adverb

dak

1. (informal) not (negates meaning of verb)

   Saya dak mahu makan.

   I don't want to eat.

2. (informal) not (To no degree)

   Buku itu dak mahal.

   That book is not expensive.

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (??ka).

Determiner

dak (feminine dik, plural dawk)

1. that

Marshallese

Etymology

Borrowed from English duck, from Middle English doke, ducke, dukke, dokke, douke, duke, from Old English duce, d?ce (“duck”, literally “dipper, diver, ducker”), from Old English *d?can (“to dip, dive, duck”), from Proto-Germanic *d?kan? (“to dive, bend down”).

Pronunciation

• (phonetic) IPA^(key): [r??k]
• (phonemic) IPA^(key): /r?æk/
• Bender phonemes: {dak}

Noun

dak

1. a duck

References

• Marshallese–English Online Dictionary

Semai

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *?ak (“trap; to trap”).

Noun

dak

1. trap

References

Semelai

Etymology

From Proto-Aslian [Term?], from Proto-Mon-Khmer *?aak (“water, liquid”).

Noun

dak

1. water

References

• Nicole Kruspe, A Grammar of Semelai (2004)

Wutunhua

Etymology

Borrowed from Tibetan ??? (stag).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [t?x]

Noun

dak

1. tiger

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun?^[1], University of Helsinki (PhD), ?ISBN

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