different between sai vs wai

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa?/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Thai ???? (wâi, “a gesture of thanks”).

Noun

wai (plural wais)

1. A Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow.

Translations

Etymology 2

Phonetic respelling of why.

Adverb

wai (not comparable)

1. (Internet slang) why (a purposeful misspelling)

Anagrams

• IAW, WIA

'Are'are

Etymology

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

Noun

wai

1. fresh water (clear liquid H?O)

Antonyms

• ?si (“salt water”)

References

• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Aka-Bea

Adverb

wai

1. indeed

References

• Edward Horace Man, A Dictionary of the South Andaman (Aka-Bea) language (1923)

Arosi

Etymology

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

Noun

wai

1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

• Arthur Capell, Arosi grammar (1971), page 59: [Possessives of the] first and second persons precede the noun, whereas all others follow it, e.g. gugua wai, my drinking water, but wai 'ana, his drinking water.
• Sidney Herbert Ray, A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island Languages (2014), page 481: wai "water"

Buli (Indonesia)

Numeral

wai

1. eight

References

• G. Maan, Proeve van een Bulische spraakkunst (1951)

Central Tagbanwa

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

wai (Tagbanwa spelling ??)

1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

• Robert A. Scebold, Central Tagbanwa: A Philippine Language on the Brink of Extinction : Sociolinguistics, Grammar, and Lexicon (2003)

Duri

Noun

wai

1. water

References

• Language Documentation Training Center, Linguistic Society of Hawaii, Duri wordlist

Fijian

Etymology

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

Noun

wai

1. water (clear liquid H?O)

Gothic

Romanization

wai

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

Hadza

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wa?i/

Determiner

wai ?

1. all (used with a possessive suffix)

Related terms

• waiko
• waina

Hawaiian

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?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vaj/, [???j]
• (rapid speech) IPA^(key): [???j]

Noun

wai

1. fresh water

Related terms

• kai
• waiwai

References

• William Churchill (1911) The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced
• “wai” in the Hawaiian Dictionary, Revised and Enlarged Edition, University of Hawaii Press, 1986

Japanese

Romanization

wai

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Kambera

Etymology

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

Noun

wài

1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

• Marian Klamer, A Grammar of Kambera

Kapingamarangi

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

wai

1. water (clear liquid H?O)

Laboya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [wa?i]

Noun

wai

1. chin

References

• Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) , “wai”, in Lamboya word list, Leiden: LexiRumah

Lamaholot

Noun

wai

1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

• Kunio Nishyama, Herman Kelen, A Grammar of Lamaholot, Eastern Indonesia: The Morphology and Syntax of the Lewoingu Dialect (2007)
• ABVD

Lau

Noun

wai

1. water

See also

• kafo

References

• Joel Bradshaw, Word order change in Papua New Guinea Austronesian languages (1982), page 126
• Walter George Ivens, Grammar and vocabulary of the Lau language, Solomon Islands (1921), page 55

Malay

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wai/
• Rhymes: -ai, -i

Noun

wai (Jawi spelling ????, plural wai-wai, informal 1st possessive waiku, impolite 2nd possessive waimu, 3rd possessive wainya)

1. river (large stream which drains a landmass)

   Synonyms: alir, alur, batang, bengawan, ci, kali, sungai

References

• "wai" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, ?ISBN, 2005.
• “wai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mamasa

Noun

wai

1. water

References

• David F. Matti, Mamasa Pronoun Sets (1994)

Mamuju

Noun

wai

1. water

References

• Kari K. Stromme, Person Marking in the Mamuju Language (1994)

Mandarin

Romanization

wai (Zhuyin ???)

1. Pinyin transcription of ????

wai

1. Nonstandard spelling of w?i.
2. Nonstandard spelling of w?i.
3. Nonstandard spelling of wài.

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.

Maori

Etymology 1

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

wai

1. water (clear liquid H?O)
2. liquid

Derived terms

• hauwai
• wai m?ori
• waitoreke

Etymology 2

Compare Tahitian vai.

Pronoun

wai

1. who?

References

• William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)
• “wai” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, ?ISBN.

Masiwang

Noun

wai

1. water

References

• ABVD

Middle English

Noun

wai

1. Alternative spelling of way

Nauete

Noun

wai

1. water

References

• Aone van Engelenhoven, The position of Makuva among the Austronesian languages of Southwest Maluku and East Timor, in Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history: a festschrift, Pacific linguistics 601 (2009)

Neko

Noun

wai

1. water

References

• Transnewguinea.org, citing McElhanon and Voorhoeve (1970)
• J. Bullock, R. Gray, H. Paris, D. Pfantz, D. Richardson, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Yabong, Migum, Nekgini, and Neko (2016)

Omba

Noun

wai

1. water

References

• Catriona Hyslop, The Lolovoli Dialect of the North-East Ambae Language: Vanuatu (2001)
• William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Oroha

Noun

wai

1. water

References

• W. G. Ivens, A Study of the Oroha Language, Mala, Solomon Islands, Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London, volume 4, number 3 (1927), page 610

Owa

Etymology

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

Noun

wai

1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

• Greg Mellow, A Dictionary of Owa: A Language of the Solomon Islands

Palu'e

Noun

wai

1. woman

References

• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Pitjantjatjara

Interjection

wai

1. hey

Pukapukan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fai, from Proto-Oceanic *pa?i, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pa?ih, from Proto-Austronesian *pa?iS.

Noun

wai

1. stingray (venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes)

Hyponyms

• wai kave
• wai lepu

Further reading

• Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Raga

Etymology

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

Noun

wai

1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

• Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, Meredith Osmond, The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic (2007, ?ISBN

Sa'a

Noun

wai

1. water

Alternative forms

• wei
• wäi

Further reading

• ABVD 1, 2, 3, 4 (wai)
• ABVD (wäi)
• Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, Meredith Osmond (editors), The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: The physical environment, Pacific Linguistics, 545-2 (Australian National University, Canberra, 2003), page 58 (wei)

Saterland Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian wei,

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /va?i/

Noun

wai m (plural do Wege)

1. way

References

1. Dr. Fort, Marron, Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwersfräiske Uurtoal fon dät

Seelterlound, Fräislound, Butjoarlound,Aastfräislound un do GroningerUmelounde

Sikaiana

Noun

wai

1. water

References

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

Siroi

Noun

wai

1. arm, hand

Further reading

• Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602
• Sjaak van Kleef, Siroi - English dictionary, English - Siroi dictionary (2007), page 10

Tae'

Etymology

From Proto-South Sulawesi *wai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahi?.

Noun

wai

1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

• ABVD

Tangoa

Etymology

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

Noun

wai

1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

• Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, Meredith Osmond, The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic (2007, ?ISBN

Torres Strait Creole

Noun

wai

1. (eastern dialect) a coconut embryo

Synonyms

• musu (western dialect)

Usage notes

Wai (eastern dialect) or musu (western dialect) is the first stage of coconut growth. It is followed by giru (eastern dialect) or musu koknat (western dialect).

Viti

Noun

wai

1. water

References

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

Waima'a

Noun

wai

1. water

References

• Aone van Engelenhoven, The position of Makuva among the Austronesian languages of Southwest Maluku and East Timor, in Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history: a festschrift, Pacific linguistics 601 (2009)

Waropen

Noun

wai

1. Alternative form of ghai

References

• The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)