hai

hai

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Haida.

A purposeful misspelling.

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ̯/

hai

1. (Internet slang) Hi.
   • 2023 June 5, Rebecca Gillam, “18 celebs who swear by weight training, from Adele to Millie Mackintosh & Frankie Bridge”, in Women's Health‎:

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• AIH, HIA, ahi

hai

1. four

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

hai

1. yes

hai

1. fire

• Robert Lee Litteral, Features of Angor Discourse (1980)

hai

1. third-person singular present indicative of haber

< Swedish haj (“shark”), < Dutch haai (“shark”)

hai (genitive hai, partitive haid)

1. shark

• haikala

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑi̯/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑi
• Syllabification^(key): hai

Borrowed from Swedish haj (“shark”), itself from Dutch haai (“shark”) from Old Norse hákarl (“shark”).

hai

1. shark

   Synonym: haikala

• “1. hai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Borrowed from English high, from high card.

hai

1. (poker) high card

Often preceded with the rank of the high card, such as ässähai for "ace high (card)".

• “2. hai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

• hia, iha

hai

1. first-person singular present active indicative of havoir

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese hay, from ha + y, "there is".

• IPA^(key): [ˈaj]

hai

1. (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) third-person singular present indicative of haver
2. (impersonal) third-person singular present indicative of haber (there is, there are)

   Hai dous nomes diferentes. ― There are two different names.

• “aver” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “hay ” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “haber” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

hai

1. let us, 1st person plural imperative

   Hai an·ching nokona re·anga

   Let's go home

• IPA^(key): /haɪ̯/

hai m

1. (also Märkisch, Sauerländisch, East Pomeranian in Brazil) he

   [Brazilian] Hai sit dicht am füür.

   He is sitting next to the fire.

• hei

(Sauerländisch)

• ik (“I”)
• diu (“thou, you (sg.)”)
• iämme (rarely iäme) (“him (dat.)”)
• iänne (“him (dat., acc.)”)
• sai (“she; her (acc.)”)
• iär (“her (dat.)”)
• et (“it”)
• sai (“they”)

(Brazilian)

• ik (“I”)
• duu (“thou, you (sg.)”)
• wij (“we”)
• jij (“you (pl.)”)
• sai (“they”)

• Gertjan Postma, A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian (Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today, vol. 248), 2019, p. 103

hai

1. to write

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /haɪ/

hai

1. hi

• “hai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

• ài (obsolete)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj/
• Homophone: ai
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: hài

hai

1. second-person singular present indicative of avere

• ahi

hai

1. Rōmaji transcription of はい

• hāi

From Dutch hij. Cognates include Afrikaans hy.

• IPA^(key): /hai/, /hɛi/

hai

1. Alternative form of hāi.

• IPA^(key): /hai̯/
• Rhymes: -ai̯

Clipping of wahai.

hai (Jawi spelling هاي)

1. Used to call out to people.

   Hai orang-orang yang beriman!

   Oh, people who believe!

Borrowed from English hi.

hai (Jawi spelling هاي)

1. (informal) Used as a greeting; hi.

   Synonyms: helo, assalamualaikum

   Hai, tengah buat apa ni?

   Hi, whatcha doing?

• “hai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

hai

1. Nonstandard spelling of hāi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of hái.
3. Nonstandard spelling of hǎi.
4. Nonstandard spelling of hài.

• 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.

hai

1. ace (card)

hai (plural haies)

1. Alternative form of haye (“hunting net”)

hai

1. Alternative form of hey (“hey”)

hai (uncountable)

1. Alternative form of hey (“hay”)

hai (plural haies)

1. Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)

hai

1. Alternative form of haven (“to have”)

• xai (in older Americanist literature)

From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy. Related to the root -HAI (“a winter or a year passes”).

• IPA^(key): [xɑj]

• Audio (NV)

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hai

1. winter

   Haigo deeskʼaaz łeh. ― It’s usually cold in the winter.

• haidą́ą́ʼ (“last winter”)
• haigo (“in winter”)
• haiʼííłnííʼ (“midwinter”)
• dííghaaí (“this winter”)

hai

1. big

From Dutch haai.

hai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haier, definite plural haiene)

1. a shark

• “hai” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Dutch haai, from Old Norse hár, whence also hå.

hai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haiar, definite plural haiane)

1. a shark

   Synonym: hå

• “hai” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

hai

1. Rōmaji transcription of はい

Clipping of haide.

• IPA^(key): [haj]

• audio

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hai

1. (with subjunctives) let's

   hai să mergem

   let's go

Hai is a word expressing inclination toward an action. It is often used to introduce suggestions, such as that in the given example.

• haide, haidem, haideți, haios

• hei (Puter, Vallader)

hai

1. (Vallader) yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)

• bainschi hai

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
• (Sursilvan) gie, (Sursilvan) bein
• (Sutsilvan) bagn
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea
• (Surmiran) gea bagn
• (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, schi

• IPA^(key): /ˈai/ [ˈai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: hai

hai

1. (archaic, impersonal third-person singular indicative present of haber) there is, there are

   Synonym: hay

   Hai dos tiendas que venden películas.

   There are two stores that sell films.

Borrowed from Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy).

• Audio (Kenya)

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hai (invariable)

1. alive (not dead)
2. organic (living)

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [haːj˦˥]

From Proto-Tai *ʰŋaːjᴬ; cognate with Lao ຫງາຍ (ngāi), Shan ငၢႆ (ngǎai), Thai หงาย (ngǎai).

hai (胎)

1. moon

hai

1. to lay eggs
2. to macerate

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
• Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Cognate with West Makian fai (“millipede”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.i/

hai

1. centipede

• Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

From English hi.

hai

1. hello

From Proto-Oceanic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

• IPA^(key): /ɣai/

hai

1. tree

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội)

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From Proto-Vietic *haːr, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓaar (or some variant presented by Proto-Palaungic *ləʔaːr, Khasi ar, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] âṅ; Shorto reconstructed Pre-Mon-Khmer *biʔaar). Cognate with Muong hal, Khmer ពីរ (pii), Bahnar 'bar, Pacoh bar, Khasi ar, Mon ၜါ (ba).

Insertion of initial *h in Vietic can also be seen in *huːɲ (“to kiss”) (> Vietnamese hôn), *heːt (“finished”) (> Vietnamese hết), *hanʔ (“he, she, it”) (> Vietnamese hắn), *hoːj (“foul-smelling”) (> Vietnamese hôi), *tŋ-ʔaːm (> Vietnamese hàm, Late Vietic), *hɔːŋʔ (“river, brook”), *haːŋʔ (“to open (mouth)”).

hai (𠄩, 咍, 台)

1. two

hai • (𠄩, 咍, 台)

1. (Southern Vietnam, of a sibling) eldest; firstborn

   Synonym: cả

   anh/chị hai ― eldest brother/sister

   bác hai ― eldest brother/sister of one's parent

• nhị; nhì

Borrowed from English hi (“hello”).

Further reinforced/contaminated by the coincidental usage of "two" (see etymology above) fingers when making V sign, therefore Vietnamese speakers would likely make V signs when being told to say "hai"/hi when photographed.

hai!

1. cheese! (said while being photographed)

From Mandarin 是 (shì).

• IPA^(key): [he]

hai

1. to be; the copula:
   1. Indicates that the subject and object are the same.

      je ngu-de huaiqa hai-yek.

      As for this, it is my book.

      (Quoted in Sandman, p. 133)

   2. Indicates that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or predicate adjective.

      shetek bin~bin-de hai-li.

      The rock is cold.

      (Quoted in Sandman, p. 133)

   Antonym: bai

• yek (“to be at; to exist”)

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

From Chinese 開 (MC khoj).

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /haːi˨˦/
• Tone numbers: hai¹
• Hyphenation: hai

hai (Sawndip forms 𢵱 or 亥 or 海 or 𰿿, 1957–1982 spelling hai)

1. to open

• IPA^(key): /hai̯˧/

hai

1. mango

• IPA^(key): /hai̯˧˥/

hái

1. (intransitive) to chew
2. (transitive) to skim off

• IPA^(key): /hai̯˧˩/

hài

1. cup

• IPA^(key): /hai̯˧˩/

hài

1. (transitive) to forget

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62