saai

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /saːi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: saai
  • Rhymes: -aːi̯

Etymology 1

From the sense below, apparently because the cloth was perceived as dull and uninteresting.

Adjective

saai (comparative saaier, superlative saaist)

  1. boring, tedious
Declension
Declension of saai
uninflected saai
inflected saaie
comparative saaier
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial saai saaier het saaist
het saaiste
indefinite m./f. sing. saaie saaiere saaiste
n. sing. saai saaier saaiste
plural saaie saaiere saaiste
definite saaie saaiere saaiste
partitive saais saaiers —
Derived terms
Descendants
  • Javindo: saai
  • Petjo: saai
  • → Sranan Tongo: soi
    • → Caribbean Javanese: soi

Etymology 2

From Middle Dutch saye, saey, from Old French saie, from Latin sagum.

Noun

saai n or m (uncountable)

  1. woven woollen cloth
  2. (Brabant) wool (in yarn form)
    Synonym: wol
    een bolleke sui ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
Alternative forms
  • (Brabantian) sui
Descendants
  • → Virgin Islands Creole: saja (dated)

References

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