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 (inanimate, ending in vowel)

	indefinite	singular	plural
absolutive	jai	jaia	jaiak
ergative	jaik	jaiak	jaiek
dative	jairi	jaiari	jaiei
genitive	jairen	jaiaren	jaien
comitative	jairekin	jaiarekin	jaiekin
causative	jairengatik	jaiarengatik	jaiengatik
benefactive	jairentzat	jaiarentzat	jaientzat
instrumental	jaiz	jaiaz	jaiez
inessive	jaitan	jaian	jaietan
locative	jaitako	jaiko	jaietako
allative	jaitara	jaira	jaietara
terminative	jaitaraino	jairaino	jaietaraino
directive	jaitarantz	jairantz	jaietarantz
destinative	jaitarako	jairako	jaietarako
ablative	jaitatik	jaitik	jaietatik
partitive	jairik	—	—
prolative	jaitzat	—	—

Derived terms

• jai alai - English name of pilota, pelota

Further reading

• “jai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “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

jai

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

Mbyá Guaraní

Noun

jai

1. grass, turf
2. woods

Middle English

Noun

jai

1. Alternative form of jay

Murui Huitoto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈhai̯]

Adverb

jai

1. already

References

• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎^[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis)

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^[2], 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”