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vai
English
Alternative forms
- VAI
Noun
vai
- (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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- (interrogative adverb, colloquial) is that so?
- Tulee vai?
- Oh, [he/she/it] is coming?
- Tulee vai?
Conjunction
vai
- (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?
- Onko se suuri vai pieni?
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
- water (clear liquid H?O)
References
- William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)
Galician
Verb
vai
- third-person singular present indicative of ir
- second-person singular imperative of ir
Guaraní
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.?i/
Adjective
vai
- ugly, unsightly
- 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
- (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
- inflection of andare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- second-person singular imperative
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
vai
- inflection of vaiare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
- 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
- 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).
- 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?
- used to introduce conditional subordinate clauses; whether, if
See also
- jeb
Particle
vai
- interrogative particle, used in either-or questions
Noun
vai m (invariable)
- 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
- used to express emotional responses: excitement, surprise, pain, fear, sorrow, irritation, etc.
References
Ludian
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vai.
Conjunction
vai
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- or (in questions, for mutually exclusive possibilities)
- 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
- imperative of vaie
Nuguria
Noun
vai
- 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
- 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
- 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
- water (clear liquid H?O)
References
- William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)
Pileni
Noun
vai
- 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
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of ir
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- 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
- water (clear liquid H?O)
- crake
References
- William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)
South Efate
Noun
vai
- water
References
- William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)
South Marquesan
Noun
vai
- 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
- water (clear liquid H?O)
References
- William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)
Etymology 2
Compare Maori wai.
Pronoun
vai
- 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
- 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
- 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
- water
- vessel for water
- 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
- 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
- water (clear liquid H?O)
- lake
Synonyms
- (lake): vait?loto
References
- An Introduction to Tuvaluan (1999, ?ISBN
Veps
Etymology
From Proto-Finnic *vai.
Conjunction
vai
- 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 • (????, ????, ????)
- (anatomy) a shoulder
- (television, film, theater) a role; a part
See also
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vari
English
Etymology
Compare French vari.
Noun
vari (plural varis)
- (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)
- shadow
- shade
Declension
Finnish
Noun
vari
- hot weather
- (rare) shadow
Declension
Synonyms
- helle
Anagrams
- Arvi, ravi
Icelandic
Noun
vari
- indefinite dative singular of var
Ido
Noun
vari
- plural of varo: wares, commodities, goods; merchandize
Italian
Etymology 1
See the etymology of the main entry.
Adjective
varî (alternative spelling vari)
- masculine plural of vario
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
varî m (alternative spelling vari)
- plural of vario
Etymology 3
See the etymology of the main entry.
Noun
vari m
- plural of varo
Etymology 4
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
vari
- inflection of varare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first-person singular present subjunctive
- second-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Etymology 5
See the etymology of the main entry.
Verb
vari
- inflection of variare:
- second-person singular present indicative
- first-person singular present subjunctive
- second-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular present subjunctive
- third-person singular imperative
Anagrams
- riva, vira
Latin
Adjective
v?r?
- inflection of v?rus:
- nominative/vocative masculine plural
- 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
- 2nd person singular present indicative form of var?t
- 2nd person singular imperative form of var?t
Old Norse
Etymology 1
Related to varr (“aware, wary”).
Noun
vari m
- wariness
Declension
Etymology 2
From Proto-Indo-European *h?wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see the Latin river Avara.
Noun
vari m
- 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
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Serbo-Croatian
Noun
vari (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- genitive/dative/vocative/locative singular of var
Verb
vari (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- inflection of variti:
- third-person singular present
- second-person singular imperative
Swedish
Adverb
vari (not comparable)
- 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)
- shadow
Declension
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