sai
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sai
sai (plural sai)
Compare Portuguese sahi, from Tupian sai (“monkey”).
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Borrowed from Hokkien 屎 (sái, “excrement; poop”).
sai (uncountable)
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Cognate to Livonian sōja (“white bread”). Possibly a derivation from saama. As white bread was often offered during weddings, an initial compound of saialeib would have meant something along the lines of "receiver's bread, wedding bread".
sai (genitive saia, partitive saia)
singular | plural | |
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nominative | sai | saiad |
genitive | saia | saiade |
partitive | saia | saiu / saiasid |
illative | saia / saiasse | saiadesse |
inessive | saias | saiades |
elative | saiast | saiadest |
allative | saiale | saiadele |
adessive | saial | saiadel |
ablative | saialt | saiadelt |
translative | saiaks | saiadeks |
terminative | saiani | saiadeni |
essive | saiana | saiadena |
abessive | saiata | saiadeta |
comitative | saiaga | saiadega |
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
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For pronunciation and definitions of sai – see 獅 (“lion”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 獅). |
For pronunciation and definitions of sai – see 西 (“west; western; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 西). |
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From Portuguese sair, either directly or from the third-person conjugation sai. Compare cai for a similar phenomenon.
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From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *s-hjwəj-t.
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
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Inflection of sai (inflection type 7/pedai) | |||
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nominative sing. | sai | ||
genitive sing. | sajan | ||
partitive sing. | sajad | ||
partitive plur. | sajid | ||
singular | plural | ||
nominative | sai | sajad | |
accusative | sajan | sajad | |
genitive | sajan | sajiden | |
partitive | sajad | sajid | |
essive-instructive | sajan | sajin | |
translative | sajaks | sajikš | |
inessive | sajas | sajiš | |
elative | sajaspäi | sajišpäi | |
illative | sajaha | sajihe | |
adessive | sajal | sajil | |
ablative | sajalpäi | sajilpäi | |
allative | sajale | sajile | |
abessive | sajata | sajita | |
comitative | sajanke | sajidenke | |
prolative | sajadme | sajidme | |
approximative I | sajanno | sajidenno | |
approximative II | sajannoks | sajidennoks | |
egressive | sajannopäi | sajidennopäi | |
terminative I | sajahasai | sajihesai | |
terminative II | sajalesai | sajilesai | |
terminative III | sajassai | — | |
additive I | sajahapäi | sajihepäi | |
additive II | sajalepäi | sajilepäi |
Sino-Vietnamese word from 差 (“difference; discrepancy”).
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From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (“male”). Cognate with Thai ชาย (chaai), Northern Thai ᨩᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຊາຍ (sāi), Lü ᦋᦻ (tsaay), Shan ၸၢႆး (tsáai), Tai Nüa ᥓᥣᥭᥰ (tsäay), Ahom 𑜋𑜩 (chay).
sai (Sawndip forms 𪟞 or 仔 or 哉 or 腮 or 偲, 1957–1982 spelling sai)
From Proto-Tai *saːjᴬ (“cord; string”). Cognate with Thai สาย (sǎai), Lao ສາຍ (sāi).
sai (Sawndip forms 𧛷 or 緦 or 腮 or 哉 or 𬗹 or 彩, 1957–1982 spelling sai)
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