different between sai vs saj

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

Alternative forms

• sáj

Etymology

From Hindi.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: säj, IPA^(key): /s??d?/

Noun

saj

1. An Asian tree, Terminalia elliptica

Further reading

• Terminalia elliptica on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• JSA, Jas, Jas., jas

Albanian

Adjective

i saj m (feminine e saj, m plural e saj, f plural e saja)

1. her

   Motrat e saja nuk janë me mua, janë me nënën e tyre.

   Her sisters aren't with me, they're with their mother.

Declension

See also

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?saj]

Verb

saj

1. second-person singular imperative of sát

Highland Popoluca

Etymology

Cognate with Copainalá Zoque saj, Francisco León Zoque saj, Rayón Zoque saja.

Noun

saj

1. wing

References

• Elson, Benjamin F.; Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)?^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., ?ISBN, page 101

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *v???.

Adjective

saj (Cyrillic spelling ???)

1. (Kajkavian, regional) all, complete, whole

Synonyms

• sav