different between vai vs vari

vai

English

Alternative forms

  • VAI

Noun

vai

  1. (grammar) Initialism of verb animate intransitive: an intransitive verb that agrees with an animate subject.

Coordinate terms

  • vii
  • vta
  • vti

Anagrams

  • A-IV, AIV, Avi, IVA, Iva, Via, avi, avi-, via, viâ

Anuta

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

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

  • William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)
  • Anuta: a Polynesian outlier in the Solomon Islands (1973)
  • Oral Traditions of Anuta: A Polynesian Outlier in the Solomon Islands (1998)

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

  • vuai

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *oie, from Latin hodie. Compare Friulian vuê, Catalan avui.

Adverb

vai

  1. today

East Futuna

Etymology

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

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

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

Emae

Etymology

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

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

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

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *vai, from Proto-Oceanic *pa?i, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pa?ih (compare Indonesian pari, Malay pari), from Proto-Austronesian *pa?iS.

Noun

vai

  1. ray (marine fish with a flat body, large wing-like fins, and a whip-like tail)

Finnish

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vai. Probably ultimately from the same root as vajaa.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /???i?/, [???i?]
  • Rhymes: -?i
  • Syllabification: vai

Adverb

vai

  1. (interrogative adverb, colloquial) is that so?
    Tulee vai?
    Oh, [he/she/it] is coming?

Conjunction

vai

  1. (coordinating; in question clauses) or (exclusive or; either what comes before or what comes after)
    Onko se suuri vai pieni?
    Is it big or small?

Usage notes

  • While it is often said that tai is to be used in affirmative clauses and vai is to be used in question clauses, a more precise difference is that tai is an inclusive or, while vai is an exclusive or. For instance, while Söitkö sinä leivän tai hedelmät? and Söitkö sinä leivän vai hedelmät? are both correct, the former asks in a yes or no question, whether you ate either bread or fruit or not, while the latter asks which you ate, the bread or the fruit.

See also

  • tai

Anagrams

  • AVI, avi, iva, via

Futuna-Aniwa

Etymology

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

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

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

Galician

Verb

vai

  1. third-person singular present indicative of ir
  2. second-person singular imperative of ir

Guaraní

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /va.?i/

Adjective

vai

  1. ugly, unsightly
  2. bad, evil, unpleasant

Predicate forms

  • (che) chevai
  • (nde) ndevai
  • (ha'e) ivai
  • (ñande) ñandevai
  • (ore) orevai
  • (pe?) pendevai
  • (ha'ekuéra) ivai

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vai. Cognates with Finnish vai and Estonian või.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?vai?/

Conjunction

vai

  1. (exclusive) or

Synonyms

  • eli, tali

References

  • V. I. Junus (1936) I?oran Keelen Grammatikka?[1], Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 136
  • Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 630
  • Vitalij Chernyavskij (2005) Ižoran keel (Ittseopastaja)?[2], page 183
  • Olga I. Konkova; Nikita A. Dyachinkov (2014) Inkeroin Keel: ??????? ?? ????????? ??????[3], ?ISBN, page 79

Italian

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ai

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vai

  1. inflection of andare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vai

  1. inflection of vaiare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
    3. third-person plural imperative

Anagrams

  • avi, IVA, via

Latvian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Livonian või or dialectal Estonian vai; compare other Finnic languages (Finnish vai, Standard Estonian või). First found occasionally in Latvian writings in the 17th century, initially as a conjunction, then as a particle, it became more frequent in the 18th century; but only in the 19th century did it really strike root in the language.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [vài]

Conjunction

vai

  1. used to indicate a disjunction between two elements; or (in the either-or sense, not in the sense of a.k.a., which is jeb).
  2. used to suggest vagueness, uncertainty, or a veiled threat; usually followed by ellipsis (...); or, or else...
    vai tas k?ds noziegums, kauns, vai? — is this a crime, a shame, or what?
  3. used to introduce conditional subordinate clauses; whether, if
See also
  • jeb

Particle

vai

  1. interrogative particle, used in either-or questions

Noun

vai m (invariable)

  1. the word vai itself; also, implicitly, a question

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *way- (oh!, ah!; woe!, alas!). Cognates include Lithuanian vái, va?, Old High German w?, Old English w?, Latin vae, German weh, English woe.

Pronunciation

IPA(key): [v??], IPA(key): [vài], IPA(key): [vaî] (depending on situational intonation)

Interjection

vai

  1. used to express emotional responses: excitement, surprise, pain, fear, sorrow, irritation, etc.

References


Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vai.

Conjunction

vai

  1. or

Mangarevan

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?.

Noun

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

  • Edward Tregear, A Dictionary of Mangareva (or Gambier Islands) (1899)
  • William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Niuafo'ou

Etymology

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

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

  • ABVD

Niuean

Etymology

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

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

  • Niue Language Dictionary (University of Hawaii at Manoa, 1997, ?ISBN)

North Efate

Etymology

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

Noun

vai

  1. water

References

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

North Marquesan

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?.

Noun

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

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

Northern Sami

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Finnish vai.

Pronunciation

Conjunction

vai

  1. or (in questions, for mutually exclusive possibilities)
  2. so that

Further reading

  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages?[4], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

vai

  1. imperative of vaie

Nuguria

Noun

vai

  1. water

References

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

Nukuoro

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

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

  • Vern Carroll, An outline of the structure of the language of Nukuoro (1965)
  • William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)

Ontong Java

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

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

Penrhyn

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

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

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

Pileni

Noun

vai

  1. water

References

  • A Grammar of Vaeakau-Taumako (2011, ?ISBN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • vay (obsolete)
  • vae (obsolete)

Pronunciation

  • (Brazil, Portugal) IPA(key): /?vaj/
  • Hyphenation: vai

Verb

vai

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

Pukapukan

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?.

Noun

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

Further reading

  • Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

Rapa Nui

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?.

Noun

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

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

Rarotongan

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?.

Noun

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

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

Romanian

Etymology

Probably an expressive creation. Similar words are found in many other languages, especially Indo-European. Compare Latin vae, Albanian vaj, Italian guai, Spanish ay, Ancient Greek ???? (ouaí), English woe.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaj/

Interjection

vai

  1. alas, woe

Derived terms

  • v?ita

Samoan

Etymology

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

vai

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

References

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

South Efate

Noun

vai

  1. water

References

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

South Marquesan

Noun

vai

  1. water

References

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

Tahitian

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

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

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

Etymology 2

Compare Maori wai.

Pronoun

vai

  1. who

Takuu

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

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

Tikopia

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

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

  • Raymond Firth, Mervyn McLean, Tikopia Songs: Poetic and Musical Art of a Polynesian People (1990)

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai. Cognates include Hawaiian wai and Samoan vai.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?va.i/
  • Hyphenation: va?i

Noun

vai

  1. water
  2. vessel for water
  3. medicine

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary?[5], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 417

Tongan

Etymology

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): /va.i/

Noun

vai

  1. water (clear liquid H?O)

References

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

Tuvaluan

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

vai

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

Synonyms

  • (lake): vait?loto

References

  • An Introduction to Tuvaluan (1999, ?ISBN

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *vai.

Conjunction

vai

  1. or

References

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

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

  • (North Central Vietnam) ban

Etymology

Compare Proto-Katuic *?apaal (shoulder) (whence Pacoh apal).

Some North Central dialects have the form ban with unlenited ‹b› (vs. standard form with lenited ‹v›) and ‹-n› reflex of earlier *-l.

Pronunciation

  • (Hà N?i) IPA(key): [va?j??]
  • (Hu?) IPA(key): [va?j??]
  • (H? Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [va?j??] ~ [ja?j??]

Noun

vai • (????, ????, ????)

  1. (anatomy) a shoulder
  2. (television, film, theater) a role; a part

See also

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vari

English

Etymology

Compare French vari.

Noun

vari (plural varis)

  1. (archaic) The ring-tailed lemur.

Anagrams

  • Ravi, Riva, Viar, riva, vair, vira

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Norse [script needed] (*warj?n). Cognates include Swedish värja, Danish værge and Finnish varjo.

Noun

vari (genitive varju, partitive varju)

  1. shadow
  2. shade

Declension


Finnish

Noun

vari

  1. hot weather
  2. (rare) shadow

Declension

Synonyms

  • helle

Anagrams

  • Arvi, ravi

Icelandic

Noun

vari

  1. indefinite dative singular of var

Ido

Noun

vari

  1. plural of varo: wares, commodities, goods; merchandize

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

varî (alternative spelling vari)

  1. masculine plural of vario

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

varî m (alternative spelling vari)

  1. plural of vario

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

vari m

  1. plural of varo

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vari

  1. inflection of varare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first-person singular present subjunctive
    3. second-person singular present subjunctive
    4. third-person singular present subjunctive
    5. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vari

  1. inflection of variare:
    1. second-person singular present indicative
    2. first-person singular present subjunctive
    3. second-person singular present subjunctive
    4. third-person singular present subjunctive
    5. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

  • riva, vira

Latin

Adjective

v?r?

  1. inflection of v?rus:
    1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
    2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

References

  • vari in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vari in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Latvian

Verb

vari

  1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of var?t
  2. 2nd person singular imperative form of var?t

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Related to varr (aware, wary).

Noun

vari m

  1. wariness

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h?wer- (water, rain, flow); see the Latin river Avara.

Noun

vari m

  1. the watery substance of the blood

References

  • vari in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • vari in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
  • Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic?[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 231

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /?vari/

Adjective

vari

  1. This term needs a translation to English. Please help out and add a translation, then remove the text {{rfdef}}.

Serbo-Croatian

Noun

vari (Cyrillic spelling ????)

  1. genitive/dative/vocative/locative singular of var

Verb

vari (Cyrillic spelling ????)

  1. inflection of variti:
    1. third-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Adverb

vari (not comparable)

  1. wherein

Anagrams

  • Ivar, riva, vira

Võro

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Estonian vari, Finnish varjo.

Noun

vari (genitive var'o, partitive varjo)

  1. shadow

Declension

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