yai

Abbreviation of English Yagnobi, from Tajik яғнобиҳо (yaġnobiho), from Yagnobi yaγnōbī́t, яғнобӣ (yaġnobi).

yai

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yagnobi.

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Yagnobi terms

yai

1. man

• Orthography and Phonology Database: Highlands and Papuan Regions (SIL, 1999), page 10 (Chuave wordlist)

Derived from English eye.

• IPA^(key): /jai/

yai (plural yai dem, quantified yai)

1. eye
   • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 2:30:

     Kaaz wid mi uon tuu yai dem, mi si di sumadi we yu sen fi siev piipl.

     for my eyes have seen your salvation

• yai at majstro.com

yai

1. nonstandard spelling of yái

• 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.

From Proto-Bantu *ìgɪ́.

• Audio (Kenya):

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yai class V (plural mayai class VI)

1. egg

• chipsi mayai

• IPA^(key): [ˈja.i]

yai

1. to put a child on one's lap

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh