vai
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vai
vai
Transliteration of Bengali ভাই (bhai).
vai (plural vais) (Bangladesh, West Bengal, chiefly Benglish)
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
vai
vai
From Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
vai
From Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
vai
From Proto-Central Pacific *vai, from Proto-Oceanic *paʀi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih (compare Indonesian pari, Malay pari), from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.
vai
From Proto-Finnic *vai. Probably ultimately from the same root as vajaa, possibly by analogy with tai.
vai
vai (colloquial)
From Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
vai
From Latin vādit (See vādō, vādere.) Usurped expected ed or í, from īt, third person singular of eō, īre
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vai
From Proto-Finnic *vai. Cognate with Finnish vai and Estonian või.
vai
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
vai
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
vai