ai

Etymology

Originated 1685–95, from Brazilian Portuguese aí, from Old Tupi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.i/

Noun

ai (plural ais or ai)

1. A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.

See also

• unau (two-toed sloth)

References

• “ai” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “ai” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Further reading

• ai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bradypus tridactylus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Anagrams

• -ia, IA, i.a.

Noun

ai

1. water

References

• Sidney Herbert Ray, A comparative study of the Melanesian Island languages (1926), page 351

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *a-ei (compound of proclitic particle a and ei), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éy- (“he, this (one)”). Compare Latin is, German er, Lithuanian jìs, Sanskrit अयम् (ayám)).

Pronoun

ai m sg (accusative atë, dative atij, ablative atij)

1. he

Pronoun

ai

1. that

Noun

ai

1. water

Further reading

• Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)

Noun

ai

1. penis

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

ai

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

• Alexandre François, Araki: A Disappearing Language of Vanuatu (2002, →ISBN
• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Determiner

ai

1. First person singular general possessive; my (used with general-class objects)

Related terms

Noun

ạị

1. water

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
• Karl James Franklin, Pacific Linguistics (1973, →ISBN, page 130 (see we)

Noun

ai

1. water

Further reading

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 114

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯/
• Hyphenation: ai
• Rhymes: -ɑi

Interjection

ai

1. ouch!
2. oh!

   Ai, se olitkin sinä!

   Oh, it was you!

3. (colloquial, interrogative particle) Oh? As in...?

   "Käytkö kaupassa?" "Ai, ruokakaupassa?"

   "Will you go to the shop?" "Oh, the food shop?"

Anagrams

• -ia, ia

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /e/, /ɛ/
• Homophones: aie, aies, aient, ait, es, est, et

Verb

ai

1. first-person singular present indicative of avoir

   J'ai un chien.

   I have a dog.

Anagrams

• IA

Etymology

From Latin allium.

Noun

ai m (plural ais)

1. garlic

Interjection

ai

1. ouch! Expresses pain.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qai.

Verb

ai

1. To have sexual intercourse, to copulate.

Pronoun

ai

1. 1st-person plural pronoun exclusive: we, us (but not you)

Noun

ai

1. water

Further reading

• Asmah Haji Omar, The Iban Language, The Sarawak Museum Journal, volume XXV, number 46 (1977), pages 81-100

Pronunciation

• Homophone: hai

Contraction

ai

1. a + i; at the, to the (+ a masculine noun in plural)

Romanization

ai

1. Rōmaji transcription of あい
2. Rōmaji transcription of アイ

Pronoun

ai

1. Alternative spelling of ábi (sense 1).

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaʒ (“I”). Compare Assan aj (“I”), Arin aj (“I”), and Pumpokol ad (“I”).

Pronoun

ai

1. I (first-person singular subjective)

Etymology 1

From English eye.

Etymology 2

From English I

Etymology 3

From English high.

Noun

ai

1. friend

Etymology

a +‎ i

Contraction

ai

1. at or to the (+ plural noun)

Adverb

ai (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אאי‎)

1. Alternative form of aí

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.i/, [ˈa.ɪ]

Verb

aï

1. second-person singular present active imperative of āiō

References

• ai in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ai in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • do you think so? are you in earnest: ain tu?
    

Interjection

ai

1. ouch!
2. oh!

Etymology

Compare Russian ой (oj, “ow!”).

Pronunciation

ái: IPA^(key): /a͡ɪ/

aĩ: IPA^(key): /ɐ͡ɪ/

Interjection

ái! or aĩ!

1. ow!, ah!, (expresses pain, fear or surprise)
2. oi!, hey! (used to attract someone's attention)

Synonyms

1. oi!, ui!
2. oi!, a!

Derived terms

Romanization

ai

1. Nonstandard spelling of āi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of ái.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ǎi.
4. Nonstandard spelling of ài.

Pronoun

ai

1. Alternative form of þei

References

• “thei (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 May 2018.

Verb

ai

1. (Guernsey) first-person singular present indicative of aver

Adverb

ai

1. (Mooring) not

Noun

ai

1. garlic

Interjection

ai

1. huh
2. geez
3. what
4. hey

References

• "ai" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition
• Ninti Ngapartji

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɐi/

Interjection

ai

1. no way!

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [aj]
• Rhymes: -aj

Interjection

ai

1. ouch (expression of physical pain)

   Ai! Pisei no prego! ― Ouch! I stepped on the nail!

2. oh (expression of concern)

Verb

ai

1. come

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aj/

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

From Latin allium / alium.

Etymology 3

Inflected form of avea (“to have”).

Etymology 4

From an old or proto-Romanian form ae, from Latin habēs^[1].

Etymology 5

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *eas, from Latin habēbās.

References

Noun

ai

1. his father

Preposition

ai

1. still (used with nominalized third person verbs)

Interjection

ai

1. yes

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

ai

1. water

References

• ABVD; Bahasa Sumbawa

Etymology

From English eye.

Noun

ai

1. (anatomy) eye
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 3:5 (translation here):

     Sapos yutupela i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, bai ai bilong yutupela i op na yutupela i kisim save long wanem samting i gutpela, na wanem samting i nogut, na bai yutupela i kamap wankain olsem God. God i save long dispela, olsem na em i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”

2. hole, opening, lid
3. tip

Etymology 1

From English I.

Etymology 2

From English eye.

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔeː.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˧˧]

Pronoun

ai

1. who

   Bạn là ai?

   Who are you?

2. whoever
3. someone else
4. one, a person
   • 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Cuối mùa nhan sắc" (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house

     Người ở chùa, người bán vé số, người ngủ công viên, người hát rong, ít ai có nhà để về.

     Some live at the temple, some sell lottery tickets, some sleep in parks, some play music in the streets; few have a home to go back to.

5. (rhetorical) nobody

Further reading

• "ai" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

Adverb

ai

1. always
2. at all times
3. constantly (habitually)
4. ever (always)
5. habitually