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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 1

Yapese [Term?]

Noun

rai (countable and uncountable, plural rai)

1. stone money

Etymology 2

Noun

rai (uncountable)

1. Alternative spelling of raï (“musical style”)

Anagrams

• 'air, ARI, Ari, IAR, IRA, Ira, RIA, air, ria

Atong (India)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raj/

Noun

rai (Bengali script ???? or ???)

1. reed

References

• van Breugel, Seino. 2015. Atong-English dictionary, second edition. Available online: https://www.academia.edu/487044/Atong_English_Dictionary.

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French rai, from Latin radius.

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. ray

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?raj/

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. raft

Interjection

rai

1. that's of no importance
2. tu rai!, don't worry!
3. això rai!, no problem!

Usage notes

• It is a particle that it is always put after another word (noun, pronoun, infinitive, etc) to make a complete proposition without verb in form of exclamation indicating that a thing does not matter, is the evidence out of the case treated or that it is presupposed.

Fijian

Noun

rai

1. sight

Verb

rai

1. to see

French

Etymology

From Old French rai, inherited from Latin radius. Doublet of radius, a borrowing. Unrelated to raie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??/

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. ray, beam (of light etc.)

   Synonym: rayon

2. spoke (of wheel)

Derived terms

• rayon

Related terms

• radiation
• radieux
• irradier

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• air, ira

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin radius.

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. ray, beam
2. spoke
3. radius

Hausa

Noun

râi m (plural r?yuk??, possessed form râin)

1. life
2. spirit, mind
3. hope, salvation
4. prosperity

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Old Occitan rai. Doublet of raggio.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rai?/, [r?äi?]
• Rhymes: -ai
• Hyphenation: rài

Noun

rai m pl (plural only)

1. (literary) rays
2. (literary, figuratively) looks
3. (literary, figuratively) eyes

Anagrams

• ari, ira, rià

References

• rai in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti
• Pianigiani, Ottorino (1907) , “rai”, in Vocabolario etimologico della lingua italiana (in Italian), Rome: Albrighi & Segati

Japanese

Romanization

rai

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

Javanese

Alternative forms

• Carakan: ???

Noun

rai (krama-ngoko rai, krama inggil pasuryan)

1. face

   Synonyms: dhapur, muka, rupa, wajah

References

• "rai" in Tim Balai Bahasa Yogyakarta, Kamus Basa Jawa (Bausastra Jawa). Kanisius, Yogyakarta

Kavalan

Noun

rai

1. mussel

Malay

Noun

rai

1. rye

Maori

Noun

rai

1. rye

Norman

Etymology

From Old French rai, from Latin radius (“spoke”).

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. (Jersey, cycling, etc.) spoke

Old French

Etymology

From Latin r?dius.

Noun

rai m (oblique plural rais, nominative singular rais, nominative plural rai)

1. beam; ray (of light)

Descendants

• Bourguignon: rai
• ? English: ray
• French: rai
• Norman: rai

Romanian

Etymology

From Old Church Slavonic ??? (raj), from Proto-Slavic *raj?, borrowed from Iranian, from Proto-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *raHíš, from Proto-Indo-European *reh?ís (“wealth, goods”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /raj/

Noun

rai n (plural raiuri)

1. eden
2. paradise

Declension

See also

• paradis, cer

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Sutsilvan) retg
• (Surmiran) rètg
• (Puter) raig

Etymology

From Latin r?x, r?gem, from Proto-Indo-European *h?r??s (“ruler, king”).

Noun

rai m (plural rais)

1. (Vallader) king

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from English ride.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?rai/, [?rai?]

Noun

rai m (uncountable)

1. (colloquial, El Salvador) ride

   dar rai

   Synonyms: aventón, (Spain) vuelta en coche

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic ?????? (ra?y).

Pronunciation

Noun

rai (n class, plural rai)

1. opinion, view

Veps

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian ??? (raj).

Noun

rai

1. paradise, heaven

Inflection

References

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

Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /rai?/

Determiner

rai

1. Soft mutation of rhai.

Mutation