dai

See also: daí, dài, dāi, dǎi, đại, đài, and Dai

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Hindi [Term?], from Sanskrit.

Noun

dai (plural dais)

  1. (chiefly North India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) A wet nurse; a midwife. [from 18th c.]
    • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 72:
      Kausalya, she learnt, was his dai, the one who had breast-fed and looked after him.

Anagrams

Bikol Central

Adverb

daí

  1. no; not

Interjection

daí

  1. no

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin diēs. Compare Istriot dèi, Venetian and archaic Italian dì, Romanian zi.

Noun

dai m (plural dai)

  1. day

Etymology 2

Interjection

dai

  1. go away, get lost

Derived terms

Iau

Noun

dai

  1. cassowary

External sources

Italian

Etymology

Contraction of da i.

Contraction

dai

  1. from the + plural noun
  2. at the house/home of the + plural noun

Verb

dai

  1. second-person singular present of dare
  2. second-person singular imperative of dare

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

dai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of だい

Ladin

Etymology

da +‎ i

Contraction

dai

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

Mandarin

Romanization

dai

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

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.

Middle English

Noun

dai

  1. Alternative form of day

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dei. Cognates include West Frisian dei.

Noun

dai m (plural daar)

  1. (Föhr-Amrum) day
    de öler dai
    the next day

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Verb

dai

  1. second-person plural (vós, sometimes used with vocês) affirmative imperative of dar

Romanian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [daj]

Verb

dai

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

Swahili

Etymology

From Arabic دَعَا‎ (daʿā).

Verb

-dai (infinitive kudai)

  1. claim
  2. demand

Conjugation

Conjugation of -dai
Non-finite forms
Form Positive Negative
Infinitive kudai kutodai
Simple finite forms
Positive form Singular Plural
Imperative dai daini
Habitual hudai
Complex finite forms
Polarity Persons Persons / Classes Classes
1st 2nd 3rd / M-wa M-mi Ma Ki-vi N U Ku Pa Mu
Sg. Pl. Sg. Pl. Sg. / 1 Pl. / 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 / 14 15 / 17 16 18
Past
Positive nilidai
nalidai		 tulidai
twalidai		 ulidai
walidai		 mlidai
mwalidai		 alidai walidai ulidai ilidai lilidai yalidai kilidai vilidai ilidai zilidai ulidai kulidai palidai mulidai
Relative niliodai
naliodai		 tuliodai
twaliodai		 uliodai
waliodai		 mliodai
mwaliodai		 aliodai waliodai uliodai iliodai liliodai yaliodai kiliodai viliodai iliodai ziliodai uliodai kuliodai paliodai muliodai
Negative sikudai hatukudai hukudai hamkudai hakudai hawakudai haukudai haikudai halikudai hayakudai hakikudai havikudai haikudai hazikudai haukudai hakukudai hapakudai hamukudai
Present
Positive ninadai
nadai		 tunadai unadai mnadai anadai wanadai unadai inadai linadai yanadai kinadai vinadai inadai zinadai unadai kunadai panadai munadai
Relative ninaodai
naodai		 tunaodai unaodai mnaodai anaodai wanaodai unaodai inaodai linaodai yanaodai kinaodai vinaodai inaodai zinaodai unaodai kunaodai panaodai munaodai
Negative sidai hatudai hudai hamdai hadai hawadai haudai haidai halidai hayadai hakidai havidai haidai hazidai haudai hakudai hapadai hamudai
Future
Positive nitadai tutadai utadai mtadai atadai watadai utadai itadai litadai yatadai kitadai vitadai itadai zitadai utadai kutadai patadai mutadai
Relative nitakaodai tutakaodai utakaodai mtakaodai atakaodai watakaodai utakaodai itakaodai litakaodai yatakaodai kitakaodai vitakaodai itakaodai zitakaodai utakaodai kutakaodai patakaodai mutakaodai
Negative sitadai hatutadai hutadai hamtadai hatadai hawatadai hautadai haitadai halitadai hayatadai hakitadai havitadai haitadai hazitadai hautadai hakutadai hapatadai hamutadai
Subjunctive
Positive nidai tudai udai mdai adai wadai udai idai lidai yadai kidai vidai idai zidai udai kudai padai mudai
Negative nisidai tusidai usidai msidai asidai wasidai usidai isidai lisidai yasidai kisidai visidai isidai zisidai usidai kusidai pasidai musidai
Present Conditional
Positive ningedai tungedai ungedai mngedai angedai wangedai ungedai ingedai lingedai yangedai kingedai vingedai ingedai zingedai ungedai kungedai pangedai mungedai
Negative nisingedai
singedai		 tusingedai
hatungedai		 usingedai
hungedai		 msingedai
hamngedai		 asingedai
hangedai		 wasingedai
hawangedai		 usingedai
haungedai		 isingedai
haingedai		 lisingedai
halingedai		 yasingedai
hayangedai		 kisingedai
hakingedai		 visingedai
havingedai		 isingedai
haingedai		 zisingedai
hazingedai		 usingedai
haungedai		 kusingedai
hakungedai		 pasingedai
hapangedai		 musingedai
hamungedai
Past Conditional
Positive ningalidai tungalidai ungalidai mngalidai angalidai wangalidai ungalidai ingalidai lingalidai yangalidai kingalidai vingalidai ingalidai zingalidai ungalidai kungalidai pangalidai mungalidai
Negative nisingalidai
singalidai		 tusingalidai
hatungalidai		 usingalidai
hungalidai		 msingalidai
hamngalidai		 asingalidai
hangalidai		 wasingalidai
hawangalidai		 usingalidai
haungalidai		 isingalidai
haingalidai		 lisingalidai
halingalidai		 yasingalidai
hayangalidai		 kisingalidai
hakingalidai		 visingalidai
havingalidai		 isingalidai
haingalidai		 zisingalidai
hazingalidai		 usingalidai
haungalidai		 kusingalidai
hakungalidai		 pasingalidai
hapangalidai		 musingalidai
hamungalidai
Conditional Contrary to Fact
Positive ningelidai tungelidai ungelidai mngelidai angelidai wangelidai ungelidai ingelidai lingelidai yangelidai kingelidai vingelidai ingelidai zingelidai ungelidai kungelidai pangelidai mungelidai
General Relative
Positive nidai tudai udai mdai adai wadai udai idai lidai yadai kidai vidai idai zidai udai kudai padai mudai
Negative nisiodai tusiodai usiodai msiodai asiodai wasiodai usiodai isiodai lisiodai yasiodai kisiodai visiodai isiodai zisiodai usiodai kusiodai pasiodai musiodai
Gnomic
Positive nadai twadai wadai mwadai adai wadai wadai yadai ladai yadai chadai vyadai yadai zadai wadai kwadai padai mwadai
Perfect
Positive nimedai tumedai umedai mmedai amedai wamedai umedai imedai limedai yamedai kimedai vimedai imedai zimedai umedai kumedai pamedai mumedai
"Already"
Positive nimeshadai tumeshadai umeshadai mmeshadai ameshadai wameshadai umeshadai imeshadai limeshadai yameshadai kimeshadai vimeshadai imeshadai zimeshadai umeshadai kumeshadai pameshadai mumeshadai
"Not yet"
Negative sijadai hatujadai hujadai hamjadai hajadai hawajadai haujadai haijadai halijadai hayajadai hakijadai havijadai haijadai hazijadai haujadai hakujadai hapajadai hamujadai
"If/When"
Positive nikidai tukidai ukidai mkidai akidai wakidai ukidai ikidai likidai yakidai kikidai vikidai ikidai zikidai ukidai kukidai pakidai mukidai
"If not"
Negative nisipodai tusipodai usipodai msipodai asipodai wasipodai usipodai isipodai lisipodai yasipodai kisipodai visipodai isipodai zisipodai usipodai kusipodai pasipodai musipodai
Consecutive
Positive nikadai tukadai ukadai mkadai akadai wakadai ukadai ikadai likadai yakadai kikadai vikadai ikadai zikadai ukadai kukadai pakadai mukadai
Not all possible forms are listed in the table. Transitive verbs can take object concords, relative concords can agree with all noun classes, and many other forms not commonly seen in modern Standard Swahili are absent from the table. See Appendix:Swahili verbs for more information.

Derived terms

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

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English die

Verb

dai

  1. To die
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:17 (translation here):
      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.”

Adjective

dai

  1. dead
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Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *k-taːl.

Pronunciation

Adjective

dai (fully reduplicated form dai dai)

  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.

Derived terms

Adverb

dai

  1. persistently
    Thằng khốn đó sống dai thật!
    Why hasn't that bastard died already?

Welsh

Noun

dai

  1. Soft mutation of tai.

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *p.taːjᴬ (“to die”). Cognate with Thai ตาย (dtaai), Lao ຕາຍ (tāi), Lü ᦎᦻ (ṫaay), Shan တၢႆ (tǎay), Ahom 𑜄𑜩 (tay).

Pronunciation

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

Verb

dai (old orthography dai, Sawndip forms 𬆗, 殆, 歹, 台, 𪱜, 胎)

  1. to die

Derived terms

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