different between hai vs vai

hai

English

Etymology

A purposeful misspelling.

Interjection

hai

(Internet slang) hi

Anagrams

AIH, HIA, ahi

'Are'are

Numeral

hai

four

References

Kate?ina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Adzera

Interjection

hai

Angor

Noun

hai

fire

References

Robert Lee Litteral, Features of Angor Discourse (1980)

Asturian

Verb

hai

third-person singular present indicative of haber

Estonian

Etymology

< Swedish haj (“shark”), < Dutch haai (“shark”)

Noun

hai (genitive hai, partitive haid)

shark

Declension

Synonyms

haikala

Finnish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?h?i?/, [?h?i?]
Rhymes: -?i
Syllabification: hai

Etymology 1

< Swedish haj (“shark”) < Dutch haai (“shark”) < Old Norse hákarl (“shark”)

Noun

hai

shark

Declension

Synonyms

haikala

Compounds

Etymology 2

< English high < high card

Noun

hai

(poker) high card

Usage notes

Often preceded with the rank of the high card, such as ässähai for "ace high (card)".

Declension

Coordinate terms

pari, kaksi paria, neljän suora, neljän väri, kolmoset, suora, väri, täyskäsi, neloset, viitoset, värisuora, kuningasvärisuora

Anagrams

French

Verb

hai

first-person singular present active indicative of havoir

Galician

Alternative forms

Verb

hai

third-person singular present indicative of haber
Hai dous nomes diferentes. — "There are two different names."

Garo

Interjection

hai

let us, 1st person plural imperative

German Low German

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ha??/

Pronoun

hai m

(also Märkisch, Sauerländisch, East Pomeranian in Brazil) he

Indonesian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ha?/

Interjection

hai

Italian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?ai?/
Homophone: ai

Verb

hai

second-person singular present indicative of avere

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

hai

R?maji transcription of ??

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

Cognate to Dutch hij (“he”). Compare German Low German hei (“he”).

Pronoun

hai

he
- 1912, Tijdschrift voor Nederlandsche taal— en letterkunde, volumes 31-32, page 309:
  Hai waz nît tevrêde täus […]
  He was not content at home […]

Malay

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /häi/

Etymology 1

Clipping of wahai.

Interjection

hai (Jawi spelling ????)

used to call out to people.
Hai orang-orang yang beriman!
Oh, people who believe!

Etymology 2

From English hi.

Interjection

hai (Jawi spelling ????)

(informal) used as a greeting.
Hai, tengah buat apa ni?
Hello, whatcha doing?

Mandarin

Romanization

hai

Nonstandard spelling of h?i.
Nonstandard spelling of hái.
Nonstandard spelling of h?i.
Nonstandard spelling of hài.

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

Etymology 1

Noun

hai (plural haies)

Alternative form of haye (“hunting net”)

Etymology 2

Interjection

hai

Alternative form of hey (“hey”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hai (uncountable)

Alternative form of hey (“hay”)

Etymology 4

Noun

hai (plural haies)

Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)

Etymology 5

Verb

hai

Alternative form of haven (“to have”)

Navajo

Alternative forms

xai (in older Americanist literature)

Etymology

From the root -HAI (“a winter or a year passes”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [x?j]

Noun

hai

winter

Derived terms

haid????? (“last winter”)
haigo (“in winter”)
hai?íí?níí? (“midwinter”)
dííghaaí (“this winter”)

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Dutch haai

Noun

hai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haier, definite plural haiene)

a shark

References

“hai” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Dutch haai

Noun

hai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haiar, definite plural haiane)

a shark

References

“hai” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Okinawan

Romanization

hai

R?maji transcription of ??

Romanian

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [haj]

Interjection

hai

(with subjunctives) let's
hai s? mergem
let's go

Usage notes

Hai is a word expressing inclination toward an action. It is often used to introduce suggestions, such as that in the given example.

Related terms

haide, haidem, haide?i, haios

Romansch

Alternative forms

(Puter, Vallader) hei

Interjection

hai

(Vallader) yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)

Derived terms

bainschi hai

Related terms

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
(Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
(Sursilvan) gie, (Sursilvan) bein
(Sutsilvan) bagn
(Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea
(Surmiran) gea bagn
(Puter, Vallader) bainschi, schi

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?ai/, [?ai?]

Verb

hai

(Chile) Informal second-person singular (vos) present indicative form of haber.
(archaic, impersonal third-person singular indicative present of haber) there is, there are
Synonym: hay

Swahili

Pronunciation

Adjective

hai (invariable)

alive (not dead)
organic (living)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English hi.

Interjection

hai

hello

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ha?r, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *?aar (or some variant presented by Proto-Palaungic *l?aar, Khasi ar, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] â?; Shorto reconstructed Pre-Mon-Khmer *bi?aar). Cognate with Muong hal, Khmer ??? (pii), Bahnar 'bar, Pacoh bar, Khasi ar, Mon ?? (ba).

Insertion of initial *h in Vietic can also be seen in *hu?? (“to kiss”) (> Vietnamese hôn), *he?t (“finished”) (> Vietnamese h?t), *han? (“he, she, it”) (> Vietnamese h?n), *ho?j (“foul-smelling”) (> Vietnamese hôi), *t?-?a?m (> Vietnamese hàm, Late Vietic), *h???? (“river, brook”), *ha??? (“to open (mouth)”).

Pronunciation

(Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [ha?j??]
(Hu?) IPA^(key): [ha?j??]
(H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ha?j??]

Numeral

hai (?, ????)

Adjective

hai • (?, ????)

(Southern Vietnam, of a sibling) eldest; firstborn
Synonym: c?

Derived terms

c? hai (“both”)
tháng hai (“February”)
th? hai (“Monday”)

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin ? (shì).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [he]

Verb

hai

to be; the copula:
1. Indicates that the subject and object are the same.
2. Indicates that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or predicate adjective.
Antonym: bai

References

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

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese ? (MC k??i).

Pronunciation

(Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /ha?i??/
Tone numbers: hai¹
Hyphenation: hai

Verb

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

to open

Zou

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hai??/

Noun

hai

mango

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hai???/

Verb

hái

(intransitive) to chew
(transitive) to skim off

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hai???/

Noun

hài

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hai???/

Verb

hài

(transitive) to forget

References

Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62

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vai

English

Alternative forms

Noun

vai

(grammar) Initialism of verb animate intransitive: an intransitive verb that agrees with an animate subject.

Coordinate terms

Anagrams

A-IV, AIV, Avi, IVA, Iva, Via, avi, avi-, via, viâ

Anuta

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *wai?, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)
Anuta: a Polynesian outlier in the Solomon Islands (1973)
Oral Traditions of Anuta: A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands (1998)

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

vuai

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *oie, from Latin hodie. Compare Friulian vuê, Catalan avui.

Adverb

vai

today

East Futuna

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *wai?, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Emae

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *wai?, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *vai, from Proto-Oceanic *pa?i, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pa?ih (compare Indonesian pari, Malay pari), from Proto-Austronesian *pa?iS.

Noun

vai

ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vai. Probably ultimately from the same root as vajaa.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /???i?/, [???i?]
Rhymes: -?i
Syllabification: vai

Adverb

vai

(interrogative adverb, colloquial) is that so?
Tulee vai?
Oh, [he/she/it] is coming?

Conjunction

vai

(coordinating; in question clauses) or (exclusive or; either what comes before or what comes after)
Onko se suuri vai pieni?
Is it big or small?

Usage notes

While it is often said that tai is to be used in affirmative clauses and vai is to be used in question clauses, a more precise difference is that 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, whether you ate either bread or fruit or not, while the latter asks which you ate, the bread or the fruit.

Anagrams

AVI, avi, iva, via

Futuna-Aniwa

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *wai?, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Galician

Verb

vai

third-person singular present indicative of ir
second-person singular imperative of ir

Guaraní

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /va.?i/

Adjective

vai

ugly, unsightly
bad, evil, unpleasant

Predicate forms

(che) chevai
(nde) ndevai
(ha'e) ivai
(ñande) ñandevai
(ore) orevai
(pe?) pendevai
(ha'ekuéra) ivai

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vai. Cognates with Finnish vai and Estonian või.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?vai?/

Conjunction

vai

(exclusive) or

Synonyms

eli, tali

References

V. I. Junus (1936) I?oran Keelen Grammatikka?^[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 136
Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 630
Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?^[2], page 183
Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachinkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: ??????? ?? ????????? ??????^[3], ?ISBN, page 79

Italian

Pronunciation

Rhymes: -ai

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vai

inflection of andare:
1. second-person singular present indicative
2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vai

inflection of vaiare:
1. second-person singular present indicative
2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
3. third-person plural imperative

Anagrams

avi, IVA, via

Latvian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Livonian või or dialectal Estonian vai; compare other Finnic languages (Finnish vai, Standard Estonian või). First found occasionally in Latvian writings in the 17th century, initially as a conjunction, then as a particle, it became more frequent in the 18th century; but only in the 19th century did it really strike root in the language.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [vài]

Conjunction

vai

used to indicate a disjunction between two elements; or (in the either-or sense, not in the sense of a.k.a., which is jeb).
used to suggest vagueness, uncertainty, or a veiled threat; usually followed by ellipsis (...); or, or else...
vai tas k?ds noziegums, kauns, vai? — is this a crime, a shame, or what?
used to introduce conditional subordinate clauses; whether, if

Particle

vai

interrogative particle, used in either-or questions

Noun

vai m (invariable)

the word vai itself; also, implicitly, a question

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *way- (“oh!, ah!; woe!, alas!”). Cognates include Lithuanian vái, va?, Old High German w?, Old English w?, Latin vae, German weh, English woe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [v??], IPA^(key): [vài], IPA^(key): [vaî] (depending on situational intonation)

Interjection

vai

used to express emotional responses: excitement, surprise, pain, fear, sorrow, irritation, etc.

References

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vai.

Conjunction

vai

Mangarevan

Etymology

From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *wai?, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

Edward Tregear, A Dictionary of Mangareva (or Gambier Islands) (1899)
William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Niuafo'ou

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *wai?, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

ABVD

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *wai?, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

Niue Language Dictionary (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1997, ?ISBN)

North Efate

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *wai?, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

vai

water

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

North Marquesan

Etymology

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Northern Sami

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Conjunction

vai

or (in questions, for mutually exclusive possibilities)
so that

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vai

imperative of vaie

Nuguria

Noun

vai

water

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Nukuoro

Etymology

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

Vern Carroll, An outline of the structure of the language of Nukuoro (1965)
William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Ontong Java

Etymology

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

Penrhyn

Etymology

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Pileni

Noun

vai

water

References

A Grammar of Vaeakau-Taumako (2011, ?ISBN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

vay (obsolete)
vae (obsolete)

Pronunciation

(Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /?vaj/
Hyphenation: vai

Verb

vai

third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of ir
second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of ir

Pukapukan

Etymology

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Rarotongan

Etymology

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Romanian

Etymology

Probably an expressive creation. Similar words are found in many other languages, especially Indo-European. Compare Latin vae, Albanian vaj, Italian guai, Spanish ay, Ancient Greek ???? (ouaí), English woe.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vaj/

Interjection

vai

alas, woe

Derived terms

v?ita

Samoan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *wai?, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)
crake

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

South Efate

Noun

vai

water

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

South Marquesan

Noun

vai

water

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Tahitian

Etymology 1

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Etymology 2

Compare Maori wai.

Pronoun

vai

Takuu

Etymology

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

Tikopia

Etymology

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

Raymond Firth, Mervyn McLean, Tikopia Songs: Poetic and Musical Art of a Polynesian People (1990)

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai. Cognates include Hawaiian wai and Samoan vai.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /?va.i/
Hyphenation: va?i

Noun

vai

water
vessel for water
medicine

References

R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary?^[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 417

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *wai?, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *wai?, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /va.i/

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)

References

William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Tuvaluan

Etymology

Noun

vai

water (clear liquid H?O)
lake

Synonyms

(lake): vait?loto

References

An Introduction to Tuvaluan (1999, ?ISBN

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vai.

Conjunction

vai

References

Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “???, ????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(North Central Vietnam) ban

Etymology

Compare Proto-Katuic *?apaal (“shoulder”) (whence Pacoh apal).

Some North Central dialects have the form ban with unlenited ‹b› (vs. standard form with lenited ‹v›) and ‹-n› reflex of earlier *-l.

Pronunciation

(Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [va?j??]
(Hu?) IPA^(key): [va?j??]
(H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [va?j??] ~ [ja?j??]

Noun

vai • (????, ????, ????)

(anatomy) a shoulder
(television, film, theater) a role; a part

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Send

different between hai vs vai

hai

English

Etymology

Interjection

Anagrams

'Are'are

Numeral

References

Adzera

Interjection

Angor

Noun

References

Asturian

Verb

Estonian

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Finnish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Synonyms

Compounds

Etymology 2

Noun

Usage notes

Declension

Coordinate terms

Anagrams

French

Verb

Galician

Alternative forms

Verb

Garo

Interjection

German Low German

Pronunciation

Pronoun

See also

Further reading

Indonesian

Pronunciation

Interjection

Italian

Pronunciation

Verb

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

Jersey Dutch

Etymology

Pronoun

Malay

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Interjection

Etymology 2

Interjection

Further reading

Mandarin

Romanization

Usage notes

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

Etymology 2

Interjection

Etymology 3

Noun

Etymology 4

Noun

Etymology 5

Verb

Navajo