nai

See also n'ai, nái, nǎi, nài, and näi

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin nix, nivem. Compare Romanian nea, Italian neve, Romansch naiv, Catalan neu.

Noun

nai f

1. snow

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Finnish

Etymology

inflected form of naida

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: nai
• Rhymes: -ɑi
• IPA: [nɑi]

Verb

nai

1. Third-person singular indicative present form of naida.
2. Third-person singular indicative past form of naida.

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: nai
• IPA: [nɑi(ʔ)]

Verb

nai

1. Indicative present connegative form of naida.
2. Second-person singular imperative present form of naida.
3. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of naida.

Anagrams

• ani

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Galician

Noun

nai f (plural nais)

1. mother

Antonyms

• pai

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Lojban

Cmavo

nai (selma'o NAI)

1. can be suffixed to another cmavo in order to negate its meaning

Usage notes

• This can be useful with attitudinal indicators.

Derived terms

• .enai
• jenai
• .o'anai

See also

• na

Rafsi

nai

1. rafsi of natmi.

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Mandarin

Romanization

nai

1. Nonstandard spelling of nái.
2. Nonstandard spelling of nǎi.
3. Nonstandard spelling of nài.

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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Romanian

Etymology

From Turkish nay, ney.

Noun

nai n (plural naiuri)

1. a type of pan flute

See also

• fluier

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Vietnamese

Noun

nai

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Welsh

Etymology

From Middle Welsh nei, from Proto-Celtic *neɸūss (compare Old Irish nïa and Primtive Irish genitive ᚅᚔᚑᚈᚈᚐ (niotta)), from Proto-Indo-European *népōts. Cognates include Sanskrit नपात् (nápāt), Old Persian 𐎴𐎱𐎠 (napā), Ancient Greek ἀνεψιός (anepsios), Latin nepos, and Old English nefa.

Pronunciation

• IPA: [nai]

Noun

nai m (plural neiaint)

1. nephew