bai

See also: Bai, bái, bài, bāi, băi, bǎi, ba'i, and bai'

English

Noun

bai (plural bais)

  1. A marshy meadow.
    • 2012, David Quammen, Spillover, →ISBN, page 64:
      Gorillas (and other wildlife) frequent such bais, which are waterlogged and sunny, because of the sodium-rich sedges and asters that grow beneath the open sky.

Anagrams

Basque

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /baj/

Interjection

bai

  1. yes

Borôro

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bai̯/

Noun

bai

  1. house

French

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin badius.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɛ/

Adjective

bai (feminine singular baie, masculine plural bais, feminine plural baies)

  1. bay (of a reddish-brown colour)

Further reading

Gothic

Romanization

bai

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌹

Italian

Adjective

bai

  1. masculine plural of baio

Japanese

Romanization

bai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of バイ

Mandarin

Romanization

bai (Zhuyin ˙ㄅㄞ)

  1. Pinyin transcription of 㗑

bai

  1. Nonstandard spelling of bāi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of bái.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of bǎi.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of bài.

Usage notes

  • English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

Manx

Noun

bai m (genitive singular bai, plural baiaghyn)

  1. slope, bias
  2. partiality

Mutation

Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bai vai mai
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Derived terms

Palauan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Noun

bai

  1. house (abode)

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese vai (the third-person singular of ir (to go)) and Spanish va and Kabuverdianu bai.

Verb

bai

  1. to go
  2. to walk

Rennellese

Etymology

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

Noun

bai

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

Sika

Noun

bai

  1. woman

References

  • Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: bai
  • ABVD: wai

Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

Etymology

From English by and by.

Particle

bai

  1. Marks future tense
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 1:26 (translation here):
      Bihain God i tok olsem, “Nau yumi wokim ol manmeri bai ol i kamap olsem yumi yet. Bai yumi putim ol i stap bos bilong ol pis na ol pisin na bilong olgeta kain animal na bilong olgeta samting bilong graun.”
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See also

Tok Pisin tense markers:

Volapük

Preposition

bai

  1. according

Derived terms

  • baiot

Welsh

Alternative forms

Verb

bai

  1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bod

Synonyms

  • basai (colloquial)
  • byddai
  • tasai (colloquial)
  • tai (colloquial)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bai fai mai unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.
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