ai

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.i/

ai (plural ais or ai)

1. A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.

• (Bradypus tridactylus): maned sloth

• unau (two-toed sloth)

• “ai”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “ai”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

• ai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bradypus tridactylus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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

• IPA^(key): /aɪ/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: ay, aye, I, eye

ai

1. (slang, US) All right.

   Ai, let's go.

• -ia, IA, i.a.

ai

1. water

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

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

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

1. he

ai

1. that

ai

1. water

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

ai

1. penis

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

ai

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)
2. river, lake

• François, Alexandre. 2008. An online lexicon of Araki (Santo, Vanuatu). Electronic files. Paris: CNRS. (Pdf version) ‒ entry ai.

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈaj/

ai

1. ouch (pain), ooh (pain)

ai m (plural ais)

1. ooh (pain)

ai

1. First person singular general possessive; my (used with general-class objects)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj/
• Hyphenation: ai

ai

1. second-person singular indicative present of avè

• “avè” in Aiaccinu: Cunghjugatori corsu

ạị

1. water

• wẹ

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
• Karl James Franklin, Pacific Linguistics (1973, →ISBN, page 130 (see we)

ai

1. water

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 114

• aï (obsolete)

Borrowed from Portuguese ai, from Old Tupi ai.

• IPA^(key): /ɑi/

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• Hyphenation: ai

ai m (plural ais)

1. pale-throated sloth, Bradypus tridactylus

   Synonym: drievingerige luiaard

ai

1. ow, ouch

• aia

Compare Estonian ai, Ingrian ai, Karelian ai, Ludian ai, Veps ai, Votic ai, and Swedish aj, Norwegian aj, Latvian aj. Perhaps natural; tracing an origin is practically impossible.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯/, [ˈɑi̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑi
• Syllabification^(key): ai

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?"

• (ouch): aih, au, auts.
• (interrogative): -ko, -kö

• ai niin

• -ia, ia

• IPA^(key): /e/, /ɛ/

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• Homophones: et, aie, aies, aient, ait, es, est, hais, hait

ai

1. first-person singular present indicative of avoir

   J'ai un chien.

   I have a dog.

• IA

From Latin allium.

ai m (plural ais)

1. garlic

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese ay (attested since the 13^th century).

• IPA^(key): [ˈaj]

ai

1. ouch! Expresses pain
2. ooh! Expresses pain
3. oh! Expresses concern
   • 1812, Antonio Benito Fandiño, A Casamenteira:

     Ai tontiño, porque iñoras

     o qu’he mantér casa e vida,

     que por ben que estea sortida,

     hai faltas a todas horas.

     O segundo, que teu pai

     pensa com’home de ben,

     e así por vergonza ten

     unha nora que non trai.

     Orasme, sobr’esto hai,

     que a dous parizós que teña,

     non tendes donde vos veña,

     cando ela non colla un mal.

     Oh, silly, because you don't know

     what it is to keep house and life,

     no matter how well stocked it is,

     there's lack at all hours.

     Second, your father

     thinks like a good man,

     and to his shame he has

     a daughter-in-law who doesn't bear.

     However, on this matter,

     with just two childbirths that she has,

     you'll be left resourceless,

     and that if she doesn't get sick.

• “ay” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “ai” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
• “ai” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
• “ai” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

From Proto-Oceanic *api, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *api, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

ai

1. fire

• ayí (Benin)

From Proto-Gbe *ayĩ́ (“earth”). Cognates include Fon ayǐ, Saxwe Gbe nyixɔ́, Adja anyi

• IPA^(key): /ā.jí/

aí (plural aí lẹ́) (Nigeria)

1. ground

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

ai

1. To have sexual intercourse, to copulate.

ai

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

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

• IPA^(key): /aiʔ/, /aɛʔ/

ai

1. water

• Adelaar, K. A. (1992) Proto-Malayic: The reconstruction of its phonology and parts of its lexicon and morphology‎, Canberra: The Australian National University
• Asmah Haji Omar (1977), “The Iban Language”, in The Sarawak Museum Journal, volume XXV, issue 46, pages 81-100
• Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

• a' (truncation)

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj/
• Homophone: hai
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: ài

ai

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

• -ia, IA

ai

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

ai

1. Alternative spelling of ábi (sense 1).

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

• IPA^(key): /aiʔ/

ai

1. water

• Smith, A. (2017) The Languages of Borneo: A Comprehensive Classification, University of Hawai‘i at Mānoa

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

ai

1. I (first-person singular subjective)

• ajoŋ

From English eye.

ai

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

From English I.

ai

1. I

From English high.

ai

1. high, tall

ai

1. friend

a +‎ i

ai

1. at or to the (+ plural noun)

ai (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אאי‎)

1. Alternative form of aí

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ai̯/, [äi̯]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /aj/, [äj]

ai

1. second-person singular present active imperative of āiō

• “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, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • do you think so? are you in earnest: ain tu?
    

ai

1. ouch!
2. oh!

From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *apuy, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *hapuy, from Proto-Austronesian *Sapuy.

ai

1. fire

Compare Russian ой (oj, “ow!”).

ái: IPA^(key): /a͡ɪ/

aĩ: IPA^(key): /ɐ͡ɪ/

ái! or aĩ!

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

• oi!, ui!
• oi!, a!

ai

1. Alternative form of aj (“garlic”)

ai

1. Romanization of ᠠᡳ

ai

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

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

From Proto-Cariban [Term?]. Compare Apalaí ae, Hixkaryana yaye, Macushi yapai, and Waiwai yay.

• IPA^(key): [aj]

ai

1. through, by; indicates motion by way of a non-aquatic object of class 1

A possessed noun that is the object of this postposition does not take the possessed suffix -dü. The postposition can thus combine with nouns referring to body parts and parts of objects to form more complex postpositions/relational nouns.

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, page 267–272

ai

1. (to be) bitter

ai

1. wound, injury

ai

1. Alternative form of þei (“they”)

ai

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

ai

1. (Mooring) not

ai

1. used to express surprise

• “ai” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

ai

1. used to express surprise

• “ai” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

ai

1. first-person singular present indicative of aver

ai

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ɐi/

ai

1. no way!

• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: ai

ai

1. ouch (expression of physical pain)

   Ai! Pisei no prego! ― Ouch! I stepped on the nail!

2. oh (expression of concern)

• ai meu deus

From Proto-Polynesian *hai. Cognates include Tongan hai and Maori wai.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.i/
• Hyphenation: a‧i

ai

1. who?

• Paulus Kieviet (2017) A grammar of Rapa Nui‎, Berlin: Language Science Press, →ISBN, page 404

ai

1. come

• IPA^(key): /aj/
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: ai

ai (masculine plural possessive)

1. of

   Niște prieteni ai lui sunt interesanți.

   Some friends of his are interesting.

• al (masculine/neuter singular)
• a (feminine singular)
• ale (feminine/neuter plural)

From Latin allium / alium.

ai m (uncountable)

1. (regional) garlic

• usturoi

• aior
• mujdei

• ceapă

Inflected form of avea (“to have”).

ai

1. second-person singular present indicative of avea

   (you) have

   Ai vreun prieten în România?

   Do you have any friends in Romania?

2. inflection of avea:
   1. second-person singular present subjunctive
   2. second-person singular imperative

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

ai

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

   (you) have...

• am
• a
• ați
• au

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

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.

• am
• ați
• ar
• aș

ai

1. his father

ai

1. still (used with nominalized third person verbs)

• ay (unofficial)

• IPA^(key): /aj/

From English eye.

ai

1. eye

From English aye, ay.

ai

1. yes

From Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

ai

1. water

• ABVD; Bahasa Sumbawa

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˧˧]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˦˥]

ai (埃)

1. Synonym of cò niêng

• Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
• Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, compare Tagalog kahoy.

ai

1. tree
2. wood

From English eye.

ai

1. (anatomy) eye
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 3:5:

     Sapos yutupela i kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai, bai ai bilong yutupela i op na yutupela i kisim save long wanem samting i gutpela, na wanem samting i nogut, na bai yutupela i kamap wankain olsem God. God i save long dispela, olsem na em i tambuim yutupela long kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai.”

     →New International Version translation

2. hole, opening, lid
3. tip

• ai i pas

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.i/
• Hyphenation: a‧i

From Proto-Polynesian *hai. Cognates include Hawaiian ai and Samoan ai.

ai

1. who?

From Proto-Polynesian *ai. Cognates include Hawaiian ai and Samoan ai.

ai

1. Anaphoric particle used to refer to an adverbial clause; there, then

• R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 1

From English I.

ai

1. I (see also mi)

From English eye.

ai

1. eye

From Proto-Vietic *ʔeː (“who”). Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] ʔeː¹.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔaːj˧˧]

• Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)

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ai • (埃)

1. who

   Bạn là ai?

   Who are you?

   Ai (mà) biết.

   Who knows? / How should I know?

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

• The interrogative pronoun ai is used for a person. When ai functions as the subject of the question, it is placed at the beginning of the question.

Ai có ô tô? ― Who has a car?

• When functioning as the predicate, it can either follow or predate the linking verb là.

Hải là ai? ― Who is Hải?

Ai là Hải? ― Who is Hải?

• When functioning as the object, it is placed after the verb.

Nga vẽ ai? ― Whom is Nga drawing?

• "ai" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

ai

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

• neai

• ai laidio (forever)

• IPA^(key): /ai̯/

ai

1. interrogative particle (used when a non-verbal element is fronted for emphasis)

   Ai athro yw ef?

   Is he a teacher?

2. whether, if (used when the subordinate clause has a non-verbal element fronted for emphasis)

   Ni wn ai athro yw ef.

   I don't know if he is a teacher.

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.i/

ai

1. (intransitive) to come back, return
2. (intransitive) to depart

   naai sito? ― where did you depart from?

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as ay)

ai

1. (anatomy) foot

• IPA^(key): /ai̯˧˥/

ái

1. crab

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 40