dai

Borrowed from Hindi दाई (dāī), from Sanskrit.

dai (plural dais)

1. (chiefly North India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) A wet nurse; a midwife. [from 18th c.]
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 72:

     Kausalya, she learnt, was his dai, the one who had breast-fed and looked after him.

• I'da, Dia, IAD, Ida., Adi, dia-, -iad, I'd-a, DIA, AID, aid, IDA, Ida

• dae
• di

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qazi with metathesis.

• IPA^(key): /daˈʔi/ [d̪aˈʔi]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: da‧i

dai (Basahan spelling ᜇᜁ)

1. no; never

   Synonym: nungka

dai (Basahan spelling ᜇᜁ)

1. no

   Antonym: iyo

   Coordinate terms: bako, habo

dai (Basahan spelling ᜇᜁ)

1. (formal, literary, indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody

   Synonyms: mayo, wara

   Antonyms: igwa, may

   Dai baga nin tawo sa harong.

   There's no one in the house.

dai (Basahan spelling ᜇᜁ)

1. do not, don't

   Synonym: hari

   Dai ka na mag-iba.

   You don't have to join.

   Dai ka magsabi saiya kaiyan

   Don't (you) tell him/her that.

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs. Compare Istriot dèi, Venetan and archaic Italian dì, Romanian zi.

dai m (plural )

1. day

• bun dai

dai

1. go away, get lost

dai

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of dar

dai m or f (neuter dat, plural dai)

1. (Eastern Pomeranian) the

   Ik haw ai mit dai bruud danst.

   I have already danced with the bride.

dai m or f (neuter dat, plural dai)

1. (Eastern Pomeranian) (relative) who, that, which

   Jéferson, dai kan uk gaud singa

   Jéferson, who can also sing well

dai

1. cassowary

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

Borrowed from Russian да и (da i).

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.i/, [ˈdɑ.i], /ˈdɑi̯/, [ˈdɑi̯]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈdɑ.i/, [ˈtɑ.i], /ˈdɑi̯/, [ˈtɑi̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑ.i, -ɑi̯
• Hyphenation: da‧i

dai

1. as well as

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 567

dai

1. contraction of da i:
   1. from the
   2. at the house/home of the

• da' (truncation)

• da' (imperative)

dai

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

dai

1. an expression of encouragement; come on!

• dai e dai

• Ida, adì, dia

dai

1. Rōmaji transcription of だい

da +‎ i

dai

1. from or of the (+ masculine plural noun)

dai

1. nonstandard spelling of dāi
2. nonstandard spelling of dǎi
3. nonstandard spelling of dài

• Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

dai

1. alternative form of day

• däi (Mooring)
• Dai (Sylt)

From Old Frisian dei. Cognates include West Frisian dei.

• IPA^(key): [daːɪ̯]

dai m (plural daar)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) day

   de öler dai ― the next day

• daaling

• Hyphenation: dai
• Rhymes: -aj

dai

1. second-person plural imperative of dar

dai

1. masculine plural of da (“from”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaj/

• Audio:

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dai

1. second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of da

• dae

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qazi with metathesis.

dai

1. no

   Antonym: iyo

   Coordinate terms: bako, habo

dai

1. (indefinite) nothing; none

   Synonym: wala

   Antonyms: igwa, may

   Dai nin tawo sa haḽong.

   There's no one in the house.

dai

1. don't

From Arabic دَعَا (daʕā).^[1]

• Audio (Kenya):

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dai class V (plural madai class VI)

1. a claim
2. a demand
3. a requirement

-dai (infinitive kudai)

1. to claim
2. to demand
3. to require

Conjugation of -dai
Positive present -nadai Subjunctive -dai Negative -dai Imperative singular dai
Infinitives
Positive kudai Negative kutodai
Imperatives
Singular dai Plural daini
Tensed forms
Habitual hudai Positive past positive subject concord + -lidai Negative past negative subject concord + -kudai
Positive present (positive subject concord + -nadai) Singular Plural 1st person ninadai/nadai tunadai 2nd person unadai mnadai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) anadai wanadai other classes positive subject concord + -nadai
Negative present (negative subject concord + -dai) Singular Plural 1st person sidai hatudai 2nd person hudai hamdai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) hadai hawadai other classes negative subject concord + -dai
Positive future positive subject concord + -tadai Negative future negative subject concord + -tadai
Positive subjunctive (positive subject concord + -dai) Singular Plural 1st person nidai tudai 2nd person udai mdai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) adai wadai other classes positive subject concord + -dai
Negative subjunctive positive subject concord + -sidai Positive present conditional positive subject concord + -ngedai Negative present conditional positive subject concord + -singedai Positive past conditional positive subject concord + -ngalidai Negative past conditional positive subject concord + -singalidai
Gnomic (positive subject concord + -adai) Singular Plural 1st person nadai twadai 2nd person wadai mwadai 3rd person m-wa(I/II) adai wadai m-mi(III/IV) wadai yadai ji-ma(V/VI) ladai yadai ki-vi(VII/VIII) chadai vyadai n(IX/X) yadai zadai u(XI) wadai see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) kwadai pa(XVI) padai mu(XVIII) mwadai
Perfect positive subject concord + -medai "Already" positive subject concord + -meshadai "Not yet" negative subject concord + -jadai "If/When" positive subject concord + -kidai "If not" positive subject concord + -sipodai Consecutive kadai / positive subject concord + -kadai Consecutive subjunctive positive subject concord + -kadai
Object concord (indicative positive) Singular Plural 1st person -nidai -tudai 2nd person -kudai -wadai/-kudaini/-wadaini 3rd person m-wa(I/II) -mdai -wadai m-mi(III/IV) -udai -idai ji-ma(V/VI) -lidai -yadai ki-vi(VII/VIII) -kidai -vidai n(IX/X) -idai -zidai u(XI) -udai see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kudai pa(XVI) -padai mu(XVIII) -mudai Reflexive -jidai
Relative forms General positive (positive subject concord + (object concord) + -dai- + relative marker) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -daiye -daio m-mi(III/IV) -daio -daiyo ji-ma(V/VI) -dailo -daiyo ki-vi(VII/VIII) -daicho -daivyo n(IX/X) -daiyo -daizo u(XI) -daio see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -daiko pa(XVI) -daipo mu(XVIII) -daimo Other forms (subject concord + tense marker + relative marker + (object concord) + -dai) Singular Plural m-wa(I/II) -yedai -odai m-mi(III/IV) -odai -yodai ji-ma(V/VI) -lodai -yodai ki-vi(VII/VIII) -chodai -vyodai n(IX/X) -yodai -zodai u(XI) -odai see n(X) or ma(VI) class ku(XV/XVII) -kodai pa(XVI) -podai mu(XVIII) -modai
Some forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

• Verbal derivations:
  • Applicative: -daia
  • Passive: -daiwa
  • Reciprocal: -daiana
  • Stative: -daika

• Nominal derivations:
  • mdai

From English die.

dai

1. To die
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:17:

     Tasol yu no ken kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai bilong givim gutpela save long wanem samting i gutpela na wanem samting i nogut. Sapos yu kaikai, wantu bai yu dai.”

     →New International Version translation

dai

1. dead

• (North Central Vietnam) đai

From Proto-Vietic *k-taːl.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jaːj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [jaːj˧˧]
• Homophone: giai

dai • (帶, 佳, 街, 夷)

1. (of food) tough

   Thịt gì dai quá, nhai mỏi cả mồm!

   This meat's so tough that my jaw's getting tired chewing it!

2. persistent

   Cái thằng này dai như đỉa.

   You're persistent. I'll give you that.

   (literally, “This guy is as persistent as a leech (which is known to hang tough onto whatever it bites).”)

dai • (帶, 佳, 街, 夷)

1. persistently

   Thằng khốn đó sống dai thật!

   Why hasn't that bastard died already?

dai

1. soft mutation of tai

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /taːi˨˦/
• Tone numbers: dai¹
• Hyphenation: dai

From Proto-Tai *naːjᴬ (“maternal grandmother”).^[1]

Cognate with Thai ยาย (yaai), Lao ຍາຍ (nyāi) and ຍາຽ (nyāi), Shan ၼၢႆး (náai).

Compare Indonesian nyai, Khmer យាយ (yiəy).

dai (Sawndip forms 𡛕[2] or ⿰女胎[2] or ⿰女枱[2] or 胎[2] or ⿰女呆[2], 1957–1982 spelling dai)

1. mother-in-law (married woman's mother or mother of one's wife)

From Proto-Tai *p.taːjᴬ (“to die”).^[3]

Cognate with Bouyei daail, Thai ตาย (dtaai), Lao ຕາຍ (tāi), Lü ᦎᦻ (ṫaay), Tai Dam ꪔꪱꪥ, Shan တၢႆ (tǎai), Tai Nüa ᥖᥣᥭ (taay), Ahom 𑜄𑜩 (tay).

dai (Sawndip forms 𬆗[2] or 殆[2] or 𰭩[2] or ⿰歹太[2] or 歹[2] or 台[2] or 𪱜[2] or 胎[2] or ⿰死台[2] or 𱥎[2], 1957–1982 spelling dai)

1. to die

• IPA^(key): /dai̯˧/

dai

1. dew

• IPA^(key): /dai̯˧˥/

dái

1. (transitive) to hinder

• IPA^(key): /dai̯˧˩/

dài

1. fence, hedge

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63