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Dai
Dai
English
Proper noun
Dai
- A male given name, a Welsh diminutive of David.
Etymology 2
Proper noun
Dai
- An ethnic group of China.
Translations
an ethnic group of China
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Anagrams
dai
dai
English
Noun
dai (plural dais)
- (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.
- 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 72:
Dalmatian
Etymology 1
From Latin diēs. Compare Istriot dèi, Venetian and archaic Italian dì, Romanian zi.
Noun
dai m (plural dai)
Etymology 2
Interjection
dai
Italian
Contraction
dai
Verb
dai
- second-person singular present of dare
- second-person singular imperative of dare
Anagrams
Lojban
Cmavo
dai
- modifies the attitudinal indicator which immediately precedes it, indicating that the emotion (of that attitudinal) belongs to someone other than the speaker
Rafsi
dai
Mandarin
Romanization
dai
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)
- (Föhr-Amrum) day
- de öler dai
- the next day
- de öler dai
Portuguese
Pronunciation
Verb
dai
Romanian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [daj]
Verb
dai
- second-person singular present tense form of da.
- second-person singular subjunctive form of da.
Swahili
Noun
dai (ma class, plural madai)
- claim (demand of ownership)
This Swahili entry was created from the translations listed at claim. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see dai in the Swahili Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Verb
dai
- 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.”
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Genesis 2:17 (translation here):
Adjective
dai
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Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [z̻aːj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [jaːj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [jaːj˧˥]
- Homophone: giai
Adjective
dai
- (of food) tough
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Thịt gì dai quá, nhai mỏi cả mồm!
- This meat's so tough that my jaw's getting tired chewing it!
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Thịt gì dai quá, nhai mỏi cả mồm!
- persistent
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Cái thằng này dai như đỉa.
- You're persistent. I'll give you that.
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Cái thằng này dai như đỉa.
Adverb
dai
- persistently
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Thằng khốn đó sống dai thật!
- Why hasn't that bastard died already?
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Thằng khốn đó sống dai thật!