dai

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

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin diēs.

Noun

dai m (plural dai)

1. day

Etymology 2

Interjection

dai

1. go away, get lost

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Italian

Contraction

dai

(contraction of da i)

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

Verb form

dai

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

Anagrams

• adì, dia, Ida

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Japanese

Romanization

dai

1. See だい

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Lojban

Cmavo

dai

1. modifies the attitudinal indicator which immediately precedes it, indicating that the emotion (of that attitudinal) belongs to someone other than the speaker

Rafsi

dai

1. rafsi of dacti.

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Mandarin

Romanization

dai

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

Usage notes

English transcriptions of Chinese speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Chinese language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Portuguese

Verb form

dai

1. second-person plural imperative of dar

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA: [daj]

Verb

dai

1. second-person singular present tense form of da.
2. second-person singular subjunctive form of da.

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Swahili

Noun

dai (ji-ma class, plural madai)

1. claim (demand of ownership)

This Swahili entry was created from the translations listed at claim. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see dai in the Swahili Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009

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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

Adjective

dai

1. leathery in eating (in chewing)
2. live long (in life)
3. persistent, tenacious (in duration)

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Welsh

Noun

dai

1. Mutated form of tai.