cai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "cai"

Translingual

Symbol

cai

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Central American Indian languages.

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Aromanian

Alternative forms

• care, cari

Etymology

From Latin quālis, quālem. Compare Romanian care.

Determiner

cai

1. which

Pronoun

cai

1. which, that, who

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Asturian

Noun

cai f (plural cais)

1. street

   Les cais er puebru entavía falta-yes asfaltu.

   The village streets still need asphalt.

Noun

cai m (plural cais)

1. quay, port

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Balinese

Pronoun

cai

1. you (basa madia)

   Abaang cai nasi! ― Hey you, bring some rice!

   Dija bakatang cai pulpéné ené? ― Where did you get this pen?

Alternative forms

• ci (basa madia)

Synonyms

• ragane (basa kasar)
• i ratu / iratu (basa alus)

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Galician

Etymology

From Old French kay, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkai̯]

Noun

cai m (plural cais)

1. quay, pier, wharf, breakwater

   Synonym: peirao

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “cai”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “cai”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

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Highland Popoluca

Noun

cai

1. a dead person

References

• Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 11

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Leonese

Etymology

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

Noun

cai m

1. street, road

References

• AEDLL

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Manchu

Romanization

cai

1. Romanization of ᠴᠠᡳ

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Mandarin

Romanization

cai

1. Nonstandard spelling of cāi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of cái.
3. Nonstandard spelling of cǎi.
4. Nonstandard spelling of cài.

Usage notes

• 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.

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Ngazidja Comorian

Etymology

Likely from Persian چای (čāy); see Swahili chai for more.

Noun

cai class 9 (plural cai class 10)

1. tea

References

• “cai” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

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Occitan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkai/

• Audio:

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Noun

cai m (plural cais)

1. (nautical) dock, quay

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj/ [ˈkaɪ̯]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈkaj/

• Hyphenation: cai
• Rhymes: -aj

Verb

cai

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaj/

Noun

cai m pl

1. plural of cal

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Sundanese

Romanization

cai

1. Romanization of ᮎᮄ

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Venetian

Noun

cai

1. plural of cao

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [kaːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [kaːj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [kaːj˧˧]

Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 該.

Noun

cai

1. (military, historical) corporal
2. overseer; foreman; supervisor
3. (dialectal) Short for cai tổng (“district chief”).

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cai quản
• cai sữa
• cai thầu
• cai tổng
• cai trị
• đăng cai

 

Etymology 2

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 戒 (SV: giới).

Verb

cai

1. to break (a habit); to grow out of (a habit); to give up

Derived terms

Derived terms

• cai nghiện