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sab
English
Etymology
Short for sabotage.
Verb
sab (third-person singular simple present sabs, present participle sabbing, simple past and past participle sabbed)
- (informal) To sabotage, especially fox hunts in opposition to blood sports.
Noun
sab (plural sabs)
- (informal) A saboteur, especially of fox hunts.
Anagrams
- ABS, ABs, Abs, B. A. S., B.A.S., B.A.s, BAS, BAs, BSA, SBA, abs, abs-, abs., bas
Catalan
Verb
sab
- Obsolete form of sap.
Cornish
Noun
sab f (singulative saben)
- pines
Synonyms
- pin
Haitian Creole
Etymology
From French sable (“sand”)
Noun
sab
- sand
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic ???????? (?a??ba). Compare Moroccan Arabic ???? (??b).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?p/
Verb
sab (imperfect jsib, past participle misjub)
- to find
- to find (something) useful
- to catch
- to look for
- to find out, to realise
Conjugation
Scots
Noun
sab (plural sabs)
- sob
Verb
sab
- sob
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sai
English
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sa?/
- Rhymes: -a?
- Homophones: sigh, psi, xi, scye, Si
Etymology 1
From Japanese ? (sai).
Noun
sai (plural sai)
- A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.
See also
- Sai (weapon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Etymology 2
Compare Portuguese sahi, from Tupian sai (“monkey”).
Noun
sai
- A sajou; a capuchin (monkey).
Further reading
- sai in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.
- sai in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
Etymology 3
Borrowed from Min Nan ? (sái, “excrement; poop”).
Noun
sai (uncountable) (Singapore, Malaysia, coloquial, Singlish)
- (vulgar) shit
Anagrams
- A. S. I., A.S.I., AIS, AIs, ASI, Asi, IAS, ISA, Isa, Isa., Sia, a-Si, ais, is-a
Basque
Noun
sai anim
- vulture
Estonian
Etymology 1
Cognate to Livonian s?ja (“white bread”). Possibly a derivation from saama. As white bread was often offered during weddings, an initial compound of saialeib would have meant something along the lines of "receiver's bread, wedding bread".
Noun
sai (genitive saia, partitive saia)
- white bread
Declension
See also
- leib
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
sai
- Third-person singular past form of saama.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?s?i?/, [?s??i?]
- Rhymes: -?i
- Syllabification: sai
Verb
sai
- Third-person singular indicative past form of saada.
Anagrams
- -ias, -isa, ais
Gothic
Romanization
sai
- Romanization of ????????????
Italian
Verb
sai
- (second-person singular present indicative of sapere) - (you) know
Noun
sai pl
- plural of saio
Anagrams
- sia
Japanese
Romanization
sai
- R?maji transcription of ??
- R?maji transcription of ??
Mandarin
Romanization
sai
- Nonstandard spelling of s?i.
- Nonstandard spelling of s?i.
- Nonstandard spelling of sài.
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
sai
- Alternative form of assay
Min Nan
Portuguese
Alternative forms
- sae (obsolete), say (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- (Portugal, Brazil) IPA(key): /?saj/
- Rhymes: -aj
Verb
sai
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of sair
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of sair
Solon
Noun
sai
- tea
References
- Bayarma Khabtagaeva, Dagur Elements in Solon Evenki, 2012.
Veps
Etymology
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
sai
- wedding
Inflection
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007) , “???????”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovar? [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [sa?j??]
- (Hu?) IPA(key): [?a?j??]
- (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [?a?j??] ~ [sa?j??]
Etymology 1
Sino-Vietnamese word from ? (“bad; incorrect; inaccurate; to order; to send”).
Adjective
sai
- be incorrect
- be inaccurate
Synonyms
- tr?t
Antonyms
- ?úng
- ph?i
Etymology 2
Sino-Vietnamese word from ?.
Verb
sai
- (chiefly in compounds) to order, to send
- 1920, Tr?n Tr?ng Kim, Vi?t Nam s? l??c, Quy?n II, Trung B?c Tân V?n, page 130
- Vua Càn-long nghe l?i tâu ?y sai Tôn s? Ngh? kh?i quân b?n t?nh Qu?ng-?ông, Qu?ng-tây, Quí-châu, Vân-nam, ?em sang ?ánh Tây-s?n.
- When the Quanlong Emperor had heard this petition, he ordered Sun Shiyi to take the troops of the four provinces Guangdong, Guangzhou, Guizhou, and Yunnan and bring them to fight the Tây S?n.
- Vua Càn-long nghe l?i tâu ?y sai Tôn s? Ngh? kh?i quân b?n t?nh Qu?ng-?ông, Qu?ng-tây, Quí-châu, Vân-nam, ?em sang ?ánh Tây-s?n.
- 1920, Tr?n Tr?ng Kim, Vi?t Nam s? l??c, Quy?n II, Trung B?c Tân V?n, page 130
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Adjective
sai • (????)
- (of trees) be fruitful
Zhuang
Pronunciation
- (Standard Zhuang) IPA(key): /?a?i??/
- Tone numbers: sai1
- Hyphenation: sai
Etymology 1
From Proto-Tai *?a?j? (“male”). Cognate with Thai ??? (chaai), Northern Thai ????, Lao ??? (s?i), Lü ?? (tsaay), Shan ???? (tsáay), Tai Nüa ???? (tsäay), Ahom ???????? (chay).
Noun
sai (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ? or ? or ?, old orthography sai)
- male; man; boy; fellow
Derived terms
Etymology 2
From Proto-Tai *sa?j? (“cord; string”). Cognate with Thai ??? (s?ai), Lao ??? (s?i).
Noun
sai (Sawndip forms ???? or ? or ? or ? or ???? or ?, old orthography sai)
- band; belt; ribbon
Derived terms
Etymology 3
Verb
sai (Sawndip forms ? or ?, old orthography sai)
- to waste; to squander
- to lose (through damage or death)
Etymology 4
Verb
sai (Sawndip form ?, old orthography sai)
- to pour (wine)
Etymology 5
Verb
sai (Sawndip forms ? or ?, old orthography sai)
- to saw (wood)
Etymology 6
Verb
sai (Sawndip form ????, old orthography sai)
- (dialectal, of flowers) to bloom
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