ばい

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See also: はい

Japanese

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Etymology 1

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From (topic particle, originally the rendaku version of (ha)) +‎ (emphatic particle, from (yo) or (ya)). Compare Kansai わい (wai), formed through the same process.

Pronunciation

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Particle

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ばい (bai

  1. (dialectal, Kyūshū) sentence-ending particle indicating assertion
    重要(じゅうよう)ばい
    Jūyō bai!
    (please add an English translation of this example)
See also
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Etymology 2

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For pronunciation and definitions of ばい – see the following entries.
1
[noun] [from 1284] Babylonia japonica (Japanese babylon or Japanese ivory shell)
Alternative spellings
, 海蠃, 海螄, バイ
3
[noun] twice, double, two times
[counter] times, -fold
[counter] (typography) a multiple of 全角 (zenkaku, fullwidth/-height) or 1 em in Western typography
[counter] (typography, newspapers) a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 88 mils, 881000 in, 8 U (U) and 116 (dan)
(This term, ばい (bai), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ばい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ばい.)

(The following entries are uncreated: , , , 馬医.)

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Yaeyama

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Etymology

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From Proto-Ryukyuan *waya.

Pronunciation

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Pronoun

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ばい (bai

  1. (Hateruma) first-person plural pronoun: we