alai

Basque

Etymology

There are two hypotheses concerning the origin of this word:

• A back-formation from the adverb alaikiro (“happily, merrily”), itself from Latin alacer.
• From Spanish alhaja (“jewel”), with the final -a being reinterpreted as an article.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alai̯/ [a.lai̯]

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• Rhymes: -alai̯, -ai̯
• Hyphenation: a‧lai

Adjective

alai (comparative alaiago, superlative alaien, excessive alaiegi)

1. joyous, happy

Declension

Declension of alai (adjective V-stem)

		indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive		alai	alaia	alaiak	alaiok
ergative		alaik	alaiak	alaiek	alaiok
dative		alairi	alaiari	alaiei	alaioi
genitive		alairen	alaiaren	alaien	alaion
comitative		alairekin	alaiarekin	alaiekin	alaiokin
causative		alairengatik	alaiarengatik	alaiengatik	alaiongatik
benefactive		alairentzat	alaiarentzat	alaientzat	alaiontzat
instrumental		alaiz	alaiaz	alaiez	alaiotaz
inessive	anim.	alairengan	alaiarengan	alaiengan	alaiongan
	inan.	alaitan	alaian	alaietan	alaiotan
locative	anim.	—	—	—	—
	inan.	alaitako	alaiko	alaietako	alaiotako
allative	anim.	alairengana	alaiarengana	alaiengana	alaiongana
	inan.	alaitara	alaira	alaietara	alaiotara
terminative	anim.	alairenganaino	alaiarenganaino	alaienganaino	alaionganaino
	inan.	alaitaraino	alairaino	alaietaraino	alaiotaraino
directive	anim.	alairenganantz	alaiarenganantz	alaienganantz	alaionganantz
	inan.	alaitarantz	alairantz	alaietarantz	alaiotarantz
destinative	anim.	alairenganako	alaiarenganako	alaienganako	alaionganako
	inan.	alaitarako	alairako	alaietarako	alaiotarako
ablative	anim.	alairengandik	alaiarengandik	alaiengandik	alaiongandik
	inan.	alaitatik	alaitik	alaietatik	alaiotatik
partitive		alairik	—	—	—
prolative		alaitzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• jai alai

Further reading

• “alai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “alai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Franco-Provençal

Verb

alai (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL)

1. Alternative form of alar (“to go”) documented in the following location(s): Fontainemore

Hanunoo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʔalaˈʔi/ [ʔa.laˈʔi]
• Rhymes: -i
• Syllabification: a‧la‧i

Noun

alaí (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜡ)

1. cry, moan, or sob of pain

Further reading

• Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 24

Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alai/

Noun

alai

1. place

   Synonym: endur

Italian

Verb

alai

1. first-person singular past historic of alare

Anagrams

• L'Aia

Latvian

Noun

alai f

1. dative singular of ala

Portuguese

Verb

alai

1. second-person plural imperative of alar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلای (alay), from Byzantine Greek ἀλάγιον (alágion).

Noun

alai n (plural alaiuri)

1. crowd that follows a ceremony

Declension

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	alai	alaiul	alaiuri	alaiurile
genitive-dative	alai	alaiului	alaiuri	alaiurilor
vocative	alaiule		alaiurilor

Unami

Etymology

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Verb

alai (VAI (animate-subject intransitive))

1. to hunt

Derived terms

• alais (“hunter”)
• alait (“hunter”)
• ehëlait (“hunter”)
• nautalai (“hunt along the way”)
• winkalai (“to like to hunt”)
• witalai (“hunt together”)
• èlait (“hunter”)

References

• Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “alai”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project