damai

See also: dāmài and dàmài

French

Pronunciation

Verb

damai

  1. first-person singular past historic of damer

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay damai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *damay, from Proto-Austronesian *damay (peace, empathy, harmony).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [daˈmai̯]
  • Hyphenation: da‧mai

Adjective

damai

  1. peaceful

Affixed terms

  • berdamai
  • berdamaikan
  • didamaikan
  • diperdamaikan
  • keberdamaian
  • kedamaian
  • keterdamaian
  • memperdamai
  • memperdamaikan
  • mendamai
  • mendamaikan
  • pemerdamai
  • pemerdamaian
  • pendamai
  • pendamaian
  • perdamaian
  • terdamai
  • terdamaikan

Further reading

Italian

Verb

damai

  1. first-person singular past historic of damare

Anagrams

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV damai
Brazilian standard damai
New Tribes damai

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [damaj]

Noun

damai (possessed damaichü)

  1. a vine used in barbasco fishing, possibly Swartzia macrophylla

References

  • Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, page 34:damai
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “damai”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University, page 288
  • Costa, Isabella Coutinho, Silva, Marcelo Costa da, Rodrigues, Edmilson Magalhães (2021) “damai”, in Portal Japiim: Dicionário Ye'kwana, Museu do Índio/FUNAI
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