English

Proper noun

Dai

1. A male given name, a Welsh diminutive of David.

Etymology 2

Proper noun

Dai

1. An ethnic group of China.

Translations

Anagrams

• Adi, AID, aid, DIA, IAD, I'da, Ida

Saterland Frisian

Noun

Dai m ‎(plural Deege)

1. day

English

Noun

dai ‎(plural dais)

1. (chiefly North India, Pakistan, Bangladesh) A wet nurse; a midwife. [from 18th c.]
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 72:

     Kausalya, she learnt, was his dai, the one who had breast-fed and looked after him.‎

Dalmatian

Etymology 1

From Latin diēs. Compare Istriot dèi, Venetian and archaic Italian dì, Romanian zi.

Noun

dai m (plural dai)

1. day

Etymology 2

Interjection

dai

1. go away, get lost

Italian

Contraction

dai

(contraction of da i)

1. from the + plural noun
2. at the house/home of the + plural noun

Verb

dai

1. second-person singular present of dare
2. second-person singular imperative of dare

Anagrams

• adì, dia, Ida

Japanese

Romanization

dai

1. rōmaji reading of だい

Ladin

Contraction

dai

1. from or of the (+ plural noun)

Lojban

Cmavo

dai

1. modifies the attitudinal indicator which immediately precedes it, indicating that the emotion (of that attitudinal) belongs to someone other than the speaker

Rafsi

dai

1. rafsi of dacti.

Mandarin

Romanization

dai

1. Nonstandard spelling of dāi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of dǎi.
3. Nonstandard spelling of dài.

Usage notes

• 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.

North Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian dei. Cognates include West Frisian dei.

Noun

dai m ‎(plural daar)

1. (Föhr-Amrum) day

   de öler dai

   the next day

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil, Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈdaj/
• Rhymes: -aj

Verb

dai

1. second-person plural (vós, sometimes used with vocês) affirmative imperative of dar

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [daj]

Verb

dai

1. second-person singular present tense form of da.
2. second-person singular subjunctive form of da.

Swahili

Noun

dai (ma class, plural madai)

1. claim (demand of ownership)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

English die

Verb

dai

1. To die
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:17 (translation here):

     Tasol yu no ken kaikai pikinini bilong dispela diwai bilong givim gutpela save long wanem samting i gutpela na wanem samting i nogut. Sapos yu kaikai, wantu bai yu dai.”

Adjective

dai

1. dead

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [z̻aːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [jaːj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [jaːj˧˥]
• Homophone: giai

Adjective

dai

1. (of food) tough

   Thịt gì dai quá, nhai mỏi cả mồm!‎

   This meat's so tough that my jaw's getting tired chewing it!

2. persistent

   Cái thằng này dai như đỉa.‎

   You're persistent. I'll give you that.

Adverb

dai

1. persistently

   Thằng khốn đó sống dai thật!‎

   Why hasn't that bastard died already?

Welsh

Noun

dai

1. Soft mutation of tai.