sai

See also sài, săi, sǎi, and sāi

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /saɪ/
• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: sigh, psi, xi, scye, Si

Etymology 1

Noun

sai (plural sai)

Wikipedia

1. A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts

Etymology 2

Compare Portuguese sahi.

Noun

sai

1. sajou; capuchin

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Anagrams

• ais, Ais, AIS
• is-a, Isa, Isa., ISA

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Basque

Noun

sai

1. vulture

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Estonian

Noun

sai (genitive saia, partitive saia)

1. white bread

Declension

Declension of sai (type sai)

	singular	plural
nominative	sai	saiad
genitive	saia	saiade
partitive	saia	saiu saiasid
illative	saia saiasse	saiadesse
inessive	saias	saiades
elative	saiast	saiadest
allative	saiale	saiadele
adessive	saial	saiadel
ablative	saialt	saiadelt
translative	saiaks	saiadeks
terminative	saiani	saiadeni
essive	saiana	saiadena
abessive	saiata	saiadeta
comitative	saiaga	saiadega

Verb

sai

1. Third-person singular past form of saama.

   Ta sai kingituse.

   He got a present.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: sai
• Rhymes: -ɑi
• IPA: [sɑi]

Verb

sai

1. Third-person singular indicative past form of saada.

   Hän sai lahjan. (He got a present.)

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Gothic

Romanization

sai

1. See 𐍃𐌰𐌹

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Italian

Verb form

sai

1. (informal second-person singular present indicative of sapere) (you) know

   Sai il mio nome. - You know my name.

Noun

sai m pl

1. Plural form of saio

Anagrams

• sia

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Japanese

Romanization

sai

1. See さい
2. See サイ

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Lojban

Etymology 1

A priori.

Cmavo

sai (selma'o CAI)

1. modifies the preceding cmavo (an attitudinal) in order to indicate moderate intensity thereof

See also

• cai

Etymology 2

Rafsi

sai

1. rafsi of sanmi.

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Mandarin

Romanization

sai

1. Nonstandard spelling of sāi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of sǎi.
3. Nonstandard spelling of sài.

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

sai (infinitive: sair)

1. Second-person plural (vós) affirmative imperative of sair.
2. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of sair.
3. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) present indicative of sair.

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Vietnamese

Verb

sai

1. to order, send