jai

See also: Jai, jäi, -jai, and j'ai

Basque

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Navarro-Lapurdian) /ɟai̯/ [ɟai̯]

 

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xai̯/ [xai̯]

• IPA^(key): (Gipuzkoan) /xai̯/ [xai̯]
• IPA^(key): (Biscayan) /d͡ʒai̯/ [d͡ʒai̯]
• IPA^(key): (Navarrese) /jai̯/ [jai̯]

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• Rhymes: -ai̯
• Hyphenation: jai

Noun

jai inan

1. festival

Declension

Declension of jai (inan V-stem)

	indefinite	singular	plural	proximal plural
absolutive	jai	jaia	jaiak	jaiok
ergative	jaik	jaiak	jaiek	jaiok
dative	jairi	jaiari	jaiei	jaioi
genitive	jairen	jaiaren	jaien	jaion
comitative	jairekin	jaiarekin	jaiekin	jaiokin
causative	jairengatik	jaiarengatik	jaiengatik	jaiongatik
benefactive	jairentzat	jaiarentzat	jaientzat	jaiontzat
instrumental	jaiz	jaiaz	jaiez	jaiotaz
innesive	jaitan	jaian	jaietan	jaiotan
locative	jaitako	jaiko	jaietako	jaiotako
allative	jaitara	jaira	jaietara	jaiotara
terminative	jaitaraino	jairaino	jaietaraino	jaiotaraino
directive	jaitarantz	jairantz	jaietarantz	jaiotarantz
destinative	jaitarako	jairako	jaietarako	jaiotarako
ablative	jaitatik	jaitik	jaietatik	jaiotatik
partitive	jairik	—	—	—
prolative	jaitzat	—	—	—

Derived terms

• jai alai - English name of pilota, pelota

Further reading

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

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

• yai, iai

Pronoun

jai m/f pl

1. (third-person plural masculine and feminine pronoun, oblique case) them

Related terms

• jali, jale
• joi (masc singular), joe (fem singular)
• jal, jala

Gothic

Romanization

jai

1. romanization of 𐌾𐌰𐌹

Gun

Alternative forms

• jàyí (Benin)

Etymology

From jẹ̀ (“to fall”) +‎ aí (“ground”), literally “to fall on the ground”. Cognates include Fon jàyǐ, Saxwe Gbe jɛ̀ nyì, Adja jè anyi, Ewe dze anyí

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒà.jí/

Verb

jàí (Nigeria)

1. to fall

Derived terms

• whèjàí (“evening”)

Iban

Etymology

From Proto-Malayic *jahət.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaeʔ/

Adjective

jaiˀ

1. bad, evil (of personality)
2. broken (of stuff/things)
3. ugly (of appearance)

Iu Mien

Noun

jai 

1. alternative form of jae (“chicken”)

Lithuanian

Pronoun

jai f

1. third-person singular dative of ji

Makasar

Etymology

Cognate Acehnese jai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɟai/, [ˈɟʝa.i]
• Hyphenation: ja‧i

Adverb

jai (Lontara spelling ᨍᨕᨗ)

1. many, much, a lot

   Synonym: loe

   Jai doeʼna ― He has a lot of money.

   Pilaʼ jai tau battu ― More and more people are coming.

Derived terms

• appakajai
• appakajaiang
• appappakajaiang
• appinjai
• sanjai
• sijaìang

Mbya Guarani

Noun

jai

1. grass, turf
2. woods

Middle English

Noun

jai

1. alternative form of jay

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhai̯]
• Hyphenation: jai

Adverb

jai

1. already
   • 2008 [1978], Huitoto Murui Bible, 2nd edition, Mateo 1:19:

     María jai uruesillana naimɨe mɨcorɨ fɨdɨanona, naiñaiñona meidaitañellena jira, naiñaiñona bainino dotaacade.

     After he found out that Mary was already pregnant, because he became embarrassed with her, he wanted to leave her in secret.

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983), Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎^[1] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 120
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017), A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[2], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 11

Old French

Etymology

From Late Latin gaius (“jay”), or a variant of gai (“joyous, cheerful”).

Noun

jai oblique singular, m (oblique plural jais, nominative singular jais, nominative plural jai)

1. jay (bird)

Descendants

• French: geai
• Norman: geai
• → Middle English: jay, gaye, jai, jey
  • English: jay
  • Scots: jay

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies

ALIV	jai
Brazilian standard	fai
New Tribes	jai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʷaj]

Noun

jai (possessed jaichü)

1. older sister
2. older female parallel cousin

References

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “jai”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[3], Lyon
• Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012), Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 73: “jaichü”