yai
Appearance
Chuave
[edit]Noun
[edit]yai
References
[edit]- Orthography and Phonology Database: Highlands and Papuan Regions (SIL, 1999), page 10 (Chuave wordlist)
Jamaican Creole
[edit]Etymology
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yai (plural yai dem, quantified yai)
- eye
- 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Luuk 2:30:
- Kaaz wid mi uon tuu yai dem, mi si di sumadi we yu sen fi siev piipl.
- for my eyes have seen your salvation
Further reading
[edit]- yai at majstro.com
Mandarin
[edit]Romanization
[edit]yai
- Nonstandard spelling of yái.
Usage notes
[edit]- 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.
Swahili
[edit]Etymology
[edit]From Proto-Bantu *ìgɪ́.
Pronunciation
[edit]Noun
[edit]yai class V (plural mayai class VI)
Derived terms
[edit]Ternate
[edit]Pronunciation
[edit]Verb
[edit]yai
Conjugation
[edit]singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | toyai | foyai | miyai | |
2nd person | noyai | niyai | ||
3rd person |
masculine | oyai | iyai yoyai (archaic) | |
feminine | moyai | |||
neuter | iyai |
References
[edit]- Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh
Categories:
- Chuave lemmas
- Chuave nouns
- Jamaican Creole terms derived from English
- Jamaican Creole terms with IPA pronunciation
- Jamaican Creole lemmas
- Jamaican Creole nouns
- Jamaican Creole terms with quotations
- jam:Body parts
- Hanyu Pinyin
- Mandarin non-lemma forms
- Mandarin nonstandard forms
- Swahili terms inherited from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms derived from Proto-Bantu
- Swahili terms with audio pronunciation
- Swahili lemmas
- Swahili nouns
- Swahili class V nouns
- sw:Eggs
- Ternate terms with IPA pronunciation
- Ternate lemmas
- Ternate verbs