dai

Borrowed from Hindi दाई (dāī), from Sanskrit.

dai (plural dais)

1. (chiefly North India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) A wet nurse; a midwife. [from 18th c.]
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 72:

     Kausalya, she learnt, was his dai, the one who had breast-fed and looked after him.

• -iad, AID, Adi, DIA, Dia, I'd-a, I'da, IAD, Ida, Ida., aid, dia-

• dae
• di

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qazi with metathesis.

• IPA^(key): /daˈʔi/, [d̪aˈʔi]

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• Hyphenation: da‧i

dai (Basahan spelling ᜇᜁ)

1. no; never

   Synonym: nungka

dai (Basahan spelling ᜇᜁ)

1. no

   Antonym: iyo

   Coordinate terms: bako, habo

dai (Basahan spelling ᜇᜁ)

1. (formal, literary, indefinite) nothing; none; no one; nobody

   Synonyms: mayo, wara

   Antonyms: igwa, may

   Dai baga nin tawo sa harong.

   There's no one in the house.

dai (Basahan spelling ᜇᜁ)

1. do not, don't

   Synonym: hari

   Dai ka na mag-iba.

   You don't have to join.

   Dai ka magsabi saiya

   (You) don't tell him/her.

Inherited from Classical Latin diēs. Compare Istriot dèi, Venetian and archaic Italian dì, Romanian zi.

dai m (plural dai)

1. day

• bun dai

dai

1. go away, get lost

dai

1. (reintegrationist norm) second-person plural imperative of dar

dai m or f (neuter dat, plural dai)

1. (East Pomeranian) the

   Ik haw ai mit dai bruud danst.

   I have already danced with the bride.

dai m or f (neuter dat, plural dai)

1. (East Pomeranian) (relative) who, that, which

   Jéferson, dai kan uk gaud singa

   Jéferson, who can also sing well

dai

1. cassowary

• Heljä & Duane Clouse, Kirikiri and the Western Lakes Plains Languages (1993)

dai

1. Contraction of da i.:
   1. from the
   2. at the house/home of the

• da' (truncation)

dai

1. inflection of dare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

dai

1. an expression of encouragement; come on!

• dai e dai

• Ida, adì, dia

dai

1. Rōmaji transcription of だい

da +‎ i

dai

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

dai

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

• 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.

dai

1. Alternative form of day

From Old Frisian dei. Cognates include West Frisian dei.

dai m (plural daar)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) day

   de öler dai

   the next day

• Hyphenation: dai
• Rhymes: -aj

dai

1. second-person plural imperative of dar

dai

1. masculine plural of da (“from”)

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaj/

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dai

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

• dae

Inherited from Proto-Austronesian *qazi with metathesis.

dai

1. no

   Antonym: iyo

   Coordinate terms: bako, habo

dai

1. (indefinite) nothing; none

   Synonym: wala

   Antonyms: igwa, may

   Dai nin tawo sa haḽong.

   There's no one in the house.

dai

1. don't

From Arabic دَعَا (daʕā).

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dai (ma class, plural madai)

1. a claim
2. a demand
3. a requirement

-dai (infinitive kudai)

1. to claim
2. to demand
3. to require

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

• Nominal derivations:
  • mdai

From English die.

dai

1. To die
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 2:17:

     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.”

     →New International Version translation

dai

1. dead

• (North Central Vietnam) đai

From Proto-Vietic *k-taːl.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [zaːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jaːj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jaːj˧˧]
• Homophone: giai

dai • (帶, 佳, 街, 夷)

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.

   (literally, “This guy is as persistent as a leech (which is known to hang tough onto whatever it bites).”)

dai • (帶, 佳, 街, 夷)

1. persistently

   Thằng khốn đó sống dai thật!

   Why hasn't that bastard died already?

dai

1. Soft mutation of tai.

From Proto-Tai *p.taːjᴬ (“to die”). Cognate with Bouyei daail, Thai ตาย (dtaai), Lao ຕາຍ (tāi), Lü ᦎᦻ (ṫaay), Tai Dam ꪔꪱꪥ, Shan တၢႆ (tǎai), Tai Nüa ᥖᥣᥭ (taay), Ahom 𑜄𑜩 (tay).

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

dai (Sawndip forms 𬆗 or 殆 or 𰭩 or ⿰歹太 or 歹 or 台 or 𪱜 or 胎 or ⿰死台 or 𱥎, 1957–1982 spelling dai)

1. to die

• IPA^(key): /dai̯˧/

dai

1. dew

• IPA^(key): /dai̯˧˥/

dái

1. (transitive) to hinder

• IPA^(key): /dai̯˧˩/

dài

1. fence, hedge

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 63