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jai

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟai̯/ [ɟai̯]

• Rhymes: -ai̯
• Hyphenation: jai

Noun

jai inan

1. festival

Declension

Derived terms

• jai alai - English name of pilota, pelota

Further reading

• “jai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “jai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• yai, iai

Pronoun

jai m/f pl

1. (third-person plural masculine and feminine pronoun, oblique case) them

Related terms

• jali, jale
• joi (masc singular), joe (fem singular)
• jal, jala

Gothic

Romanization

jai

1. romanization of 𐌾𐌰𐌹

Gun

Alternative forms

• jàyí (Benin)

Etymology

From jẹ̀ (“to fall”) +‎ aí (“ground”), literally “to fall on the ground”. Cognates include Fon jàyǐ, Saxwe Gbe jɛ̀ nyì, Adja jè anyi, Ewe dze anyí

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒà.jí/

Verb

jàí (Nigeria)

1. to fall

Derived terms

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *jahət.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaeʔ/

Adjective

jaiˀ

1. bad, evil (of personality)
2. broken (of stuff/things)
3. ugly (of appearance)

Iu Mien

Noun

jai 

1. alternative form of jae (“chicken”)

Lithuanian

Pronoun

jai f

1. third-person singular dative of ji

Makasar

Etymology

Cognate Acehnese jai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟai/, [ˈɟʝa.i]
• Hyphenation: ja‧i

Adverb

jai (Lontara spelling ᨍᨕᨗ)

1. many, much, a lot

   Synonym: loe

   Jai doeʼna ― He has a lot of money.

   Pilaʼ jai tau battu ― More and more people are coming.

Derived terms

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

jai

1. grass, turf
2. woods

Middle English

Noun

jai

1. alternative form of jay

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhai̯]

Adverb

jai

1. already

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis)

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin gaius (“jay”), or a variant of gai (“joyous, cheerful”).

Noun

jai oblique singular, m (oblique plural jais, nominative singular jais, nominative plural jai)

1. jay (bird)

Descendants

• French: geai
• Norman: geai
• → Middle English: jay, gaye, jai, jey
  • English: jay
  • Scots: jay

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʷaj]

Noun

jai (possessed jaichü)

1. older sister
2. older female parallel cousin

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jai”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[2], Lyon
• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 73: “jaichü”