ばい

See also: はい

Japanese

Etymology 1

From (topic particle, originally the rendaku version of (ha)) + (emphatic particle, from (yo) or (ya)). Compare Kansai わい (wai), formed through the same process.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ba̠i]

Particle

ばい • (bai) 

  1. (dialectal, Kyūshū) sentence-ending particle indicating assertion
See also

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ばい – see the following entries.
1
[noun] [from 1284] Babylonia japonica (Japanese babylon or Japanese ivory shell)
Alternative spellings
, 海蠃, 海螄, バイ
3
[noun] twice, double, two times
[counter] times, -fold
[counter] (typography) a multiple of 全角 (zenkaku, fullwidth/-height) or 1 em in Western typography
[counter] (typography, newspapers) a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 88 mils, 881000 in, 8 U (U) and 116 (dan)
(This term, ばい, is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ばい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ばい.)

(The following entries are uncreated: , , , 馬医.)

References

    Yaeyama

    Etymology

    From Proto-Ryukyuan *waya.

    Pronunciation

    • IPA(key): /bai/

    Pronoun

    ばい (bai) 

    1. (Hateruma) first-person plural pronoun: we
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