bai

See also: Bai, bái, bài, bāi, băi, bǎi, ba'i, and bai'

English

Etymology

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Noun

bai (plural bais)

1. A marshy meadow.
   • 2012, David Quammen, Spillover, →ISBN, page 64:

     Gorillas (and other wildlife) frequent such bais, which are waterlogged and sunny, because of the sodium-rich sedges and asters that grow beneath the open sky.

Anagrams

• ABI, AIB, Abi, B.I.A., BIA, Bia, IAB, IBA

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Basque

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baj/

Interjection

bai

1. yes

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Borôro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bai̯/

Noun

bai

1. house

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French

Etymology

From Old French [Term?], from Latin badius.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛ/

Adjective

bai (feminine baie, masculine plural bais, feminine plural baies)

1. bay (of a reddish-brown colour)

Further reading

• “bai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Gothic

Romanization

bai

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌹

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Italian

Adjective

bai

1. masculine plural of baio

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Japanese

Romanization

bai

1. Rōmaji transcription of ばい
2. Rōmaji transcription of バイ

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Kabuverdianu

Etymology

From Portuguese vai (the third-person singular of ir (to go).

Verb

bai

1. to go
2. to walk

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Mandarin

Romanization

bai (bai⁵／bai⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄅㄞ)

1. Template:pinyin reading of

bai

1. Nonstandard spelling of bāi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of bái.
3. Nonstandard spelling of bǎi.
4. Nonstandard spelling of bài.

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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Manx

Noun

bai m (genitive singular bai, plural baiaghyn)

1. slope, bias
2. partiality

Derived terms

• baiagh
• neuvaiaght

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Palauan

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Noun

bai

1. house (abode)

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Papiamentu

Etymology

From Portuguese vai (the third-person singular of ir (to go) and Spanish vaya and Kabuverdianu bai.

Verb

bai

1. to go
2. to walk

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈba.i/

Noun

bai f

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of baja

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Rennellese

Etymology

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

Noun

bai

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

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Sika

Noun

bai

1. woman

References

• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: bai
• ABVD: wai

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English buy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bai̯/

Verb

bai

1. to buy

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Tok Pisin

Alternative forms

• baimbai (archaic)

Etymology

From English by and by.

Particle

bai

1. Marks future tense
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See also

Tok Pisin tense and aspect markers:

• pinis (completive aspect)
• bin (past tense)
• stap (progressive aspect or durative aspect)
• save (habitual aspect)
• bai/baimbai (future tense)

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Volapük

Preposition

bai

1. according

Derived terms

• baiot

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• bae

Noun

bai m (plural beiau)

1. blame

   Arnat ti roedd y bai.

   You were to blame (The blame was on you).

Verb

bai

1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bod

Synonyms

• basai (colloquial)
• byddai
• tasai (colloquial)
• tai (colloquial)

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
bai	fai	mai	unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.