ai

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English

An ai, Bradypus tridactylus

Etymology 1

Originated 1685–95, from Brazilian Portuguese aí, from Old Tupi.

Pronunciation

Noun

ai (plural ais or ai)

  1. A type of three-toed sloth, Lua error in Module:taxlink at line 68: Parameter "noshow" is not used by this template., endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.

Synonyms

See also

  • unau (two-toed sloth)

References

Further reading

Etymology 2

Contraction of aight (which itself is a contraction of all right).

Pronunciation

Contraction

ai

  1. (slang, US) All right.
    Ai, let's go.

Anagrams

Akei

Noun

ai

  1. water

References

  • Sidney Herbert Ray, A comparative study of the Melanesian Island languages (1926), page 351

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *a-ei (compound of proclitic particle a and ei), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éy- (“he, this (one)”). Compare Latin is, German er, Lithuanian jìs, Sanskrit अयम् (ayám)).

Pronoun

ai m sg (accusative atë, dative atij, ablative atij)

  1. he

Declension

forms of ai
ai (3rd person masculine singular)
nominative ai
ablative atij / tij
full form clitic
accusative atë e
dative atij i
possessive adjective possessive pronoun
i tij i tiji

See also

Albanian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person unë ne
2nd person ti ju
3rd person masculine ai ata
feminine ajo ato

Pronoun

ai

  1. that

Declension

declension of ai
singular plural
masculine feminine masculine feminine
nominative ai ajo ata ato
accusative atë atë ata ato
genitive/dative/ablative atij asaj atyre atyre

Amblong

Noun

ai

  1. water

Further reading

  • Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)

Apalaí

Noun

ai

  1. penis

Araki

ai

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

ai

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

References

  • Alexandre François, Araki: A Disappearing Language of Vanuatu (2002, →ISBN
  • Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Chuukese

Determiner

ai

  1. First person singular general possessive; my (used with general-class objects)
Chuukese possessive determiners
Small objects, concepts Large objects, living things Suffix
Singular First person ai nei -ei
Second person omw, om noum -om
Third person an noun -an
Plural First person äm (exclusive)
ach (inclusive)		 nöu̇m (exclusive)
nöüch (inclusive)		 -em (exclusive)
-ach (inclusive)
Second person ämi, ami noumi -emi
Third person ar nour -er

Dadibi

Noun

ạị

  1. water

Synonyms

References

Dubu

Noun

ai

  1. water

Further reading

Dutch

Alternative forms

Etymology

Borrowed from Portuguese ai, from Old Tupi ai.

Pronunciation

Noun

ai m (plural ais)

  1. pale-throated sloth, Bradypus tridactylus
    Synonym: drievingerige luiaard

Estonian

Interjection

ai

  1. ow, ouch

Synonyms

Finnish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɑi̯/, [ˈɑ̝i̯]
  • Hyphenation: ai
  • Rhymes: -ɑi

Interjection

ai

  1. ouch!
  2. oh!
    Ai, se olitkin sinä!
    Oh, it was you!
  3. (colloquial, interrogative particle) Oh? As in...?
    "Käytkö kaupassa?" "Ai, ruokakaupassa?"
    "Will you go to the shop?" "Oh, the food shop?"

Synonyms

Derived terms

Anagrams

French

Pronunciation

Verb

ai

  1. first-person singular present indicative of avoir
    J’ai un chien.
    I have a dog.

Anagrams

Friulian

Etymology

From Latin allium.

Noun

ai m (plural ais)

  1. garlic

Galician

Interjection

ai

  1. ouch! Expresses pain.

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasiq.

Verb

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  1. To have sexual intercourse, to copulate.

Hiri Motu

Pronoun

ai

  1. 1st-person plural pronoun exclusive: we, us (but not you)

See also

Hiri Motu personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person lau ai (exclusive)
ita (inclusive)
2nd person oi umui
3rd person ia idia

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *air, Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ai

  1. water

Further reading

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  • Asmah Haji Omar, The Iban Language, The Sarawak Museum Journal, volume XXV, number 46 (1977), pages 81-100
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Italian

Pronunciation

Alternative forms

  • a' (truncation)

Contraction

ai

  1. contraction of a i; to the, at the

Japanese

Romanization

ai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of アイ

Kalasha

Pronoun

ai

  1. Alternative spelling of ábi (sense 1).

Kendayan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *air, Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Pronunciation

Noun

ai

  1. water

Further reading

Kott

Etymology

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaʒ (“I”). Compare Assan aj (“I”), Arin aj (“I”), and Pumpokol ad (“I”).

Pronoun

ai

  1. I (first-person singular subjective)

Kriol

Etymology 1

From English eye.

Noun

ai

  1. eye
  2. headlight of a car
  3. seed

Etymology 2

From English I

Pronoun

ai

  1. I

Etymology 3

From English high.

Adjective

ai

  1. high, tall

Kuna

Noun

ai

  1. friend

Ladin

Etymology

a +‎ i

Contraction

ai

  1. at or to the (+ plural noun)

Ladino

Adverb

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  1. Alternative form of aí

Latin

Pronunciation

Verb

(deprecated template usage) aï

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of āiō

References

  • “ai”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “ai”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
    • do you think so? are you in earnest: ain tu?

Latvian

Interjection

ai

  1. ouch!
  2. oh!

Lithuanian

Etymology

Compare Russian ой (oj, “ow!”).

Pronunciation

ái: IPA(key): /a͡ɪ/

aĩ: IPA(key): /ɐ͡ɪ/

Interjection

ái! or aĩ!

  1. ow!, ah!, (expresses pain, fear or surprise)
  2. oi!, hey! (used to attract someone's attention)

Synonyms

  1. oi!, ui!
  2. oi!, a!

Derived terms

words derived from "ai"

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Mandarin

Romanization

ai

  1. Nonstandard spelling of āi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of ái.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of ǎi.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of ài.

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.

Middle English

Pronoun

ai

  1. Alternative form of þei

References

Norman

Verb

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  1. (Guernsey) first-person singular present indicative of aver

North Frisian

Adverb

ai

  1. (Mooring) not

Occitan

Verb

ai

  1. first-person singular present indicative of aver

Piedmontese

Noun

ai

  1. garlic

Pitjantjatjara

Interjection

ai

  1. huh
  2. geez
  3. what
  4. hey

References

  • "ai" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition
  • Ninti Ngapartji

Pohnpeian

Pronunciation

Interjection

ai

  1. no way!

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Interjection

ai

  1. ouch (expression of physical pain)
    Ai! Pisei no prego! ― Ouch! I stepped on the nail!
  2. oh (expression of concern)

Derived terms

Rohingya

Verb

ai

  1. come

Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Article

ai (masculine plural possessive)

  1. of
    Niște prieteni ai lui sunt interesanți.
    Some friends of his are interesting.
See also
  • al (masculine/neuter singular)
  • a (feminine singular)
  • ale (feminine/neuter plural)

Etymology 2

From Latin allium / alium.

Noun

ai m (uncountable)

  1. (regional) garlic
Declension
declension of ai (singular only)
singular
m gender indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) ai aiul
genitive/dative (unui) ai aiului
vocative aiule
Synonyms
Derived terms
See also

Etymology 3

Inflected form of avea (“to have”).

Verb

ai

  1. second-person singular present indicative of avea
    (you) have
    Ai vreun prieten în România?
    Do you have any friends in Romania?
  2. second-person singular present subjunctive of avea
  3. second-person singular imperative of avea

Etymology 4

From an old or proto-Romanian form ae, from Latin habēs[1].

Verb

ai

  1. (tu) ai (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)
    (you) have...

Etymology 5

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *eas, from Latin habēbās.

Verb

ai

(tu) ai (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of avea, used with infinitives to form conditional tenses)

  1. (you) would
    Ai fi murit dacă ți-aș fi spus.
    You would have died if I'd told you.

References

  1. ^ http://www.lingv.ro/RRL%201-2%202009%20Nevaci,%20Todi.pdf

Seri

Noun

ai

  1. his father

Preposition

ai

  1. still (used with nominalized third person verbs)

Sranan Tongo

Alternative forms

  • ay (unofficial)

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From English eye.

Noun

ai

  1. eye

Etymology 2

From English aye, ay.

Interjection

ai

  1. yes

Sumbawa

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Lua error in Module:etymology at line 156: Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi (poz-sus-pro) is not set as an ancestor of Sumbawa (smw) in Module:languages/data/3/s. The ancestor of Sumbawa is Proto-Malayo-Chamic (poz-mcm-pro)., from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

ai

  1. water

References

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English eye.

Noun

ai

  1. (anatomy) eye
  2. hole, opening, lid
  3. tip

Derived terms

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Torres Strait Creole

Etymology 1

From English I.

Pronoun

ai

  1. I (see also mi)

Etymology 2

From English eye.

Noun

ai

  1. eye

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *ʔeː.

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ai

  1. who
    Bạn là ai?
    Who are you?
  2. whoever
  3. someone else
  4. one, a person
    • 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Cuối mùa nhan sắc" (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house
      Người ở chùa, người bán vé số, người ngủ công viên, người hát rong, ít ai có nhà để về.
      Some live at the temple, some sell lottery tickets, some sleep in parks, some play music in the streets; few have a home to go back to.
  5. (rhetorical) nobody

Further reading

Volapük

Adverb

ai

  1. always
  2. at all times
  3. constantly (habitually)
  4. ever (always)
  5. habitually

Antonyms

Derived terms

Yami

Noun

ai

  1. (anatomy) foot
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