different between sai vs lai

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sa?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophones: sigh, psi, xi, scye, Si

Etymology 1

From Japanese ? (sai).

Noun

sai (plural sai)

1. 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

1. 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)

1. (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

1. 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)

1. white bread

Declension

See also

• leib

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

sai

1. Third-person singular past form of saama.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?i?/, [?s??i?]
• Rhymes: -?i
• Syllabification: sai

Verb

sai

1. Third-person singular indicative past form of saada.

Anagrams

• -ias, -isa, ais

Gothic

Romanization

sai

1. Romanization of ????????????

Italian

Verb

sai

1. (second-person singular present indicative of sapere) - (you) know

Noun

sai pl

1. plural of saio

Anagrams

• sia

Japanese

Romanization

sai

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Mandarin

Romanization

sai

1. Nonstandard spelling of s?i.
2. Nonstandard spelling of s?i.
3. 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

1. Alternative form of assay

Min Nan

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• sae (obsolete), say (obsolete)

Pronunciation

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

Verb

sai

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

Solon

Noun

sai

1. 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

1. 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

1. be incorrect
2. be inaccurate

Synonyms

• tr?t

Antonyms

• ?úng
• ph?i

Etymology 2

Sino-Vietnamese word from ?.

Verb

sai

1. (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.

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Adjective

sai • (????)

1. (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)

1. 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)

1. band; belt; ribbon

Derived terms

Etymology 3

Verb

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

1. to waste; to squander
2. to lose (through damage or death)

Etymology 4

Verb

sai (Sawndip form ?, old orthography sai)

1. to pour (wine)

Etymology 5

Verb

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

1. to saw (wood)

Etymology 6

Verb

sai (Sawndip form ????, old orthography sai)

1. (dialectal, of flowers) to bloom

English

Etymology

From Middle English lai, lay, from Old French lai (“song, lyric, poem”), from Old Frankish *laik, *laih (“play, melody, song”), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, *laikiz (“jump, play, dance, hymn”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump, spring, play”). Akin to Old High German leih (“a play, skit, melody, song”), Middle High German leich (“piece of music, epic song played on a harp”), Gothic ???????????????????? (laiks, “a dance”), Old English l?can (“to move quickly, fence, sing”). More at lake.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /la?/
• Rhymes: -a?
• Homophones: lie, lye

Noun

lai (plural lais)

1. (historical) A mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance., with stanzas that do not repeat.

See also

• lai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -ial, Ali, IAL, LIA, ail, ali-

Aromanian

Alternative forms

• laiu

Etymology

Uncertain. Compare Romanian lai, Albanian ljaj.

Adjective

lai

1. black
2. (figuratively) poor, miserable, unfortunate
3. (figuratively) wicked, bad

Synonyms

• (black): negru
• (poor, unfortunate): mãrat, curbusit, stuhinat, scurpisit, buisit, vãpsit
• (wicked, bad): arãu, slab, urut, cãtrãcearcu, afischcu, tihilai, blãstimat

Related terms

• lãeatsã
• lãiturã
• lãescu
• lãilji

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Latin illa.

Article

lai (masculine le or lou, plural les)

1. (feminine nouns) the

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *lakja, originally from a Germanic source. Cognate to Finnish laaja, Livonian laiga.

Adjective

lai (genitive laia, partitive laia, comparative laiem, superlative kõige laiem)

1. wide, broad

Declension

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /l?/

Etymology 1

From Middle French lai, from Old French lai (“song, lyric, poem”), from Frankish *laik, *laih (“play, melody, song”), from Proto-Germanic *laikaz, *laikiz (“jump, play, dance, hymn”), from Proto-Indo-European *leyg- (“to jump, spring, play”). Akin to Old High German leih (“a play, skit, melody, song”), Middle High German leich (“piece of music, epic song played on a harp”), Old English l?can (“to move quickly, fence, sing”). More at lake. Alternatively from Celtic; compare Old Irish laíd (“poem”).

Noun

lai m (plural lais)

1. (historical) A mostly North European medieval form of lyrical, narrative poem written in octosyllabic couplets that often deals with tales of adventure and romance., with stanzas that do not repeat.

Etymology 2

From Old French lai, from Latin l?icus. Doublet of laïque.

Adjective

lai (feminine singular laie, masculine plural lais, feminine plural laies)

1. lay, equivalent to French laïc, laïque (relating to laypersons as opposed to clerical).

   Only used in the phrase "frères lais"; means religious servants not (yet) having been admitted to the priestly dignity.

Anagrams

• ail, lia

Further reading

• “lai” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Ido

Noun

lai

1. plural of la

Istriot

Noun

lai

1. side

Adverb

lai

1. here (this place)
   • 1877, Antonio Ive, Canti popolari istriani: raccolti a Rovigno, volume 5, Ermanno Loescher, page 40:

     Vuoltite biunduleîna inverso lai,

     Turn around towards this place, little blonde,

Iu Mien

Etymology

From Proto-Hmong-Mien *-?ræi (“vegetable”). Cognate with White Hmong zaub and Western Xiangxi Miao [Fenghuang] reib.

Noun

lai 

1. vegetable

Khasi

Numeral

lai

1. three

Laboya

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *laki?. Cognate with Indonesian laki.

Noun

lai

1. husband

References

• Rina, A. Dj.; Kabba, John Lado B. (2011) , “lai”, in Kamus Bahasa Lamboya, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat [Dictionary of Lamboya Language, West Sumba Regency], Waikabubak: Dinas Kebudayaan dan Pariwisata, Kabupaten Sumba Bakat, page 58
• Laboya in Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Latvian

Etymology

Traditionally, lai is derived from the imperative form of the verb laist (“to allow, to permit”) (quod vide): laid ? lai, an evolution reminiscent of Russian ?????? (puskaj), ????? (pust?, “let, so be”) from ??????? (puskat?, “to allow, to permit”). The form laid is indeed attested as a conjunction in the earliest sources. This view, however, has been recently criticized on the basis that Latvian lai, Lithuanian la? are clearly related to Old Prussian -lai, which is added to (usually infinitive) verbs to indicate volitive or conditional mood. This suggests a Proto-Baltic form *lai, probably related to the final -le of Latvian reinforcing particles jele ~ jel, nule, and (dialectal) nele, and to Old Prussian -le, apparently a variant of -lai. This *le would then have the same origin as Proto-Slavic *li (compare Polish li (“only”) Russian ?? (li)), with cognates in other languages (Albanian, Tocharian) from a basic Proto-Indo-European *l-. After this criticism, the relationship between lai and laist has become unclear. Maybe Proto-Indo-European *l- was an old verb, or maybe laist was derived from an older particle.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [laî]

Conjunction

lai

1. with the conditional, indicating purpose, sometimes cause; sometimes correlating with t?p?c, t?d?? in the main clause; so that, in order to, in order that

2. indicating concession, especially in the combinations lai gan, lai ar?; though, although, even though

3. indicating strong concession, in combination with ar?, nu, vai and with interrogative pronouns like cik, k?ds, kurš, kas, kur; no matter how, which, who, what, where; however, wherever, whichever, whoever, whatever, wherever

4. after certain verbs, introducing a direct object clause; that, for ... to, to

5. indicating manner and/or purpose, usually correlating with an adverb like t? (“like that”) in the main clause; so that, such that, in such a way that

6. indicating consequence, especially with tik (“so (much)”), p?r?k (“too much”) and an adjective or participle in the main clause; so that, so ... that, too (much) ... for, to, that

Particle

lai

1. used to express an optative (wish) nuance: may, may it be that

2. used to express encouragement, agreement: let

3. used to mark third person imperative forms of verbs; sometimes used with the first person also: let

4. used to give a nuance of indecision or doubt, especially in a question should, could

5. (colloquial) used to add strength to a word or expression, to link it more tightly to the rest of the sentence

6. used to reinforce a word, highlighting it among others

7. used, sometimes with nu or ir, to indicate tolerance of, or agreement with, someone else

References

Maia

Noun

lai

1. beach

Mandarin

Romanization

lai

1. Nonstandard spelling of lái.
2. Nonstandard spelling of l?i.
3. Nonstandard spelling of lài.

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.

Maroon Spirit Language

Etymology

From English lie.

Noun

lai (plural lais)

1. lie (intentionally false statement)

Old French

Noun

lai m (oblique plural lais, nominative singular lais, nominative plural lai)

1. lai (Medieval text)

Adjective

lai m (oblique and nominative feminine singular laie)

1. ugly

Descendants

• French: laid

Old Irish

Noun

lai

1. Alternative spelling of laí

Pnar

Etymology

From Proto-Khasian *la:j ~ *la:c. The expected reflex is *le. Cognate with Khasi leit.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laj/

Verb

lai 

1. to go

Romanian

Alternative forms

• l?u

Etymology

Uncertain. Several explanations exist. One derives it from Albanian ljaj, itself possibly from Latin flavus, but this is uncertain, and it may be that the Albanian is derived from Proto-Romanian (or Aromanian- compare the cognate laiu, lae in this language). Other theories suggest a Romanian root *g?lai, from Latin galla or alternatively an etymology from labes (“fault, defect”), extending the meaning to "spot" and hence, "black" or "dark", but as it is a secondary meaning in Latin, this is not very likely. A more likely explanation may be a relation to the verb la (“to wash”), as lai is used mostly to describe the natural color of wool resulting from washing (compare the similar secondary senses of Spanish crudo, French écru).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /laj/

Adjective

lai m or n (feminine singular laie, plural l?i)

1. (popular) black (or black mixed with white), gray

Declension

Synonyms

• negru
• brum?riu

References

Romansch

Etymology 1

From Latin lacus, from Proto-Italic *lakus, from Proto-Indo-European *lókus (“lake, pool”).

Noun

lai m (plural lais)

1. lake

Alternative forms

• (Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) lag
• (Sutsilvan) laitg
• (Puter) lej

Etymology 2

From Latin lectus.

Noun

lai f (plural lais)

1. (Vallader) marriage, matrimony

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Surmiran) lètg
• (Puter) alach
• (Sutsilvan) letg

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese ? (“mule”, SV: la, loa).

Verb

lai

1. Short for lai gi?ng (“to crossbreed”).

Adjective

lai

1. of mixed blood; crossbred

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

lai

1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) hemline; turn-up

Etymology 3

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese ? (“a weight unit”, SV: li).

Noun

lai

1. (Central Vietnam, Southern Vietnam) hundredth part of a tael (equal to 0.378 g)

Etymology 4

Verb

lai

1. (Central Vietnam) to carry (someone) on one's bicycle or motorbike pillion; to give someone a lift on the bicycle or motorbike
2. to tow

Etymology 5

Noun

(classifier cây) lai

1. candlenut; candleberry (Aleurites moluccanus)

Welsh

Adjective

lai

1. Soft mutation of llai (“smaller”).

Mutation

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *?la?j? (“many; much”), from Old Chinese ? (OC *[t.l]?aj) (B-S). Cognate with Thai ???? (l?ai), Northern Thai ??????, Lao ???? (l?i), Lü ?? (l?aay), Khün ??????, Shan ??? (l?ay), Bouyei laail, Saek ?????. Compare Jizhao la?i²¹.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /la?i??/
• Tone numbers: lai¹
• Hyphenation: lai

Adjective

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

1. many, much, a lot

   Antonym: noix

Derived terms

• geijlai
• haujlai

Adverb

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

1. more
2. comparatively; more
3. too; exceedingly; very