bai

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See also: Bai, bái, bài, bāi, băi, bǎi, bải, bại, ba'i, and bai'

Translingual

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Symbol

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bai

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Bamileke languages.

English

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Etymology 1

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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bai (plural bais)

  1. A marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa.
    • 2012, David Quammen, Spillover, →ISBN, page 64:
      Gorillas (and other wildlife) frequent such bais, which are waterlogged and sunny, because of the sodium-rich sedges and asters that grow beneath the open sky.

Etymology 2

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Noun

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bai (uncountable)

  1. A people of the Yunnan province of China.[1]

Etymology 3

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Interjection

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bai

  1. (Internet slang) Eye dialect spelling of bye.

Etymology 4

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Borrowed from Japanese (bai). First recorded in English in the 1910s.[2]

Noun

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bai (plural bais)

  1. A yellow mist occurring in spring and fall in China and Japan, caused by yellow dust blown from central China.[3][2]

References

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  1. ^ Bai”, in Britannica, 2022 August 4 (last accessed)
  2. 2.0 2.1 Word of the Day: Bai”, in Dictionary.com, 2023 May 26 (last accessed)
  3. ^ “Bai: A mist that occurs in China...”, in Chicago Tribune[1], 1999 September 27, retrieved May 26, 2023

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Anagrams

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Basque

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Pronunciation

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  • Audio:(file)

Interjection

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bai

  1. yes

Borôro

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bai

  1. house

Catalan

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Etymology

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Inherited from Latin badius, possibly via Spanish bayo.

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Adjective

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bai (feminine baia, masculine plural bais, feminine plural baies)

  1. bay (colour)
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Further reading

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Latin badius.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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bai (feminine baie, masculine plural bais, feminine plural baies)

  1. bay (of a reddish-brown colour)

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Further reading

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Gothic

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Romanization

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bai

  1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌹

Iban

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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bai

  1. to bring

Italian

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Adjective

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bai

  1. masculine plural of baio

Jamaican Creole

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Etymology 1

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Derived from English by.

Preposition

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bai

  1. by
    • 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 17:
      Evribadi av di rait fi uon prapati bai demself ar wid ada piipl.
      Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.
      (literally, “Everybody have the right to own property by themselves with other people.”)

Etymology 2

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Derived from English buy.

Verb

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bai

  1. buy
    • 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 13:46:
      Wen im fain wan we wot uol iip a moni, im sel evriting we im uon an go bai it.
      When he found the most expensive pearl ever he went and sold all he had and bought it.
      (literally, “When [a pearl trader] found one worth a whole heap of money, he sold everything he owned and went to buy it.”)

Further reading

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  • bai at majstro.com

Japanese

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Romanization

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bai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of ばい
  2. Rōmaji transcription of バイ

Kabuverdianu

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Portuguese vai (the third-person singular of ir (to go).

Verb

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bai

  1. (Sotavento)to go

References

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  • Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
  • Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

Mandarin

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Romanization

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bai (bai5bai0, Zhuyin ˙ㄅㄞ)

  1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of

Romanization

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bai

  1. Nonstandard spelling of bāi.
  2. Nonstandard spelling of bái.
  3. Nonstandard spelling of bǎi.
  4. Nonstandard spelling of bài.

Usage notes

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  • Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

Manx

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Etymology

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(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

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bai m (genitive singular bai, plural baiaghyn)

  1. slope, bias
  2. partiality

Derived terms

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Mutation

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Manx mutation
Radical Lenition Eclipsis
bai vai mai
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every
possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

Palauan

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Etymology

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From Pre-Palauan *baye, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

Noun

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bai

  1. house (abode)

Pangasinan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Philippine *bahi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.

Noun

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bai

  1. grandmother
    Coordinate term: laki

Papiamentu

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Etymology

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From Portuguese vai (the third-person singular of ir (to go) and Spanish vaya and Kabuverdianu bai.

Verb

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bai

  1. to go
  2. to walk

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈba.i/
  • Rhymes: -ai
  • Syllabification: ba‧i

Noun

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bai f

  1. genitive/dative/locative singular of baja

Rennellese

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

Noun

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bai

  1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

Rohingya

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Pronunciation

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Preposition

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bai

  1. along.
  2. through.

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Hungarian baj, from Serbo-Croatian boj (battle), from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

Noun

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bai n (plural baiuri)

  1. (Transylvania) trouble

Declension

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Sakizaya

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bai

  1. grandmother

Sika

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Noun

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bai

  1. woman

References

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  • Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: bai
  • ABVD: wai

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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From English buy.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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bai

  1. to buy

Derived terms

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Tày

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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Noun

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bai

  1. a type of hoe
    au bai bjai nhảuse the hoe to cut grass
    bai xupickaxe

Verb

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bai

  1. to hoe
    bai đinto hoe dirt

Etymology 2

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Noun

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bai

  1. ladle
    Synonyms: bôi, buôi, pèo
    bai nặm kengbroth ladle

Etymology 3

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Verb

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bai

  1. to mix
    khẩu nua bai thúasticky riced mixed with beans

Etymology 4

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Verb

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bai

  1. to block; to cover

References

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  • Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎[2][3] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
  • Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎[4] (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

Ternate

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Etymology 1

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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bai

  1. (transitive) to show
Conjugation
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Conjugation of bai
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tobai fobai mibai
2nd nobai nibai
3rd Masculine obai ibai, yobai
Feminine mobai
Neuter ibai
- archaic

Etymology 2

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bai

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Noun

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bai

  1. any of species Etelis carbunculus and Etelis radiosus of snappers.

References

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  • Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

Tok Pisin

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From English by and by.

Particle

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bai

  1. will; to be going (to do something); marks future tense.
    • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:26:
      Bihain God i tok olsem, “Nau yumi wokim ol manmeri bai ol i kamap olsem yumi yet. Bai yumi putim ol i stap bos bilong ol pis na ol pisin na bilong olgeta kain animal na bilong olgeta samting bilong graun.”
      Then God said, "Now let us make people who will become like us. We'll put them in charge of the fish and the birds, of all kinds of animals and of all things on the ground."
  2. so that; to; introducing purposive clauses with a different subject from the matrix clause.
    Mi laik bai yu stap bel isi.
    I want you to feel safe/relaxed.
    Na ol i save askim mi long mekim stretpela pasin long ol na stap klostu long ol, bai em i ken amamas.
    And they always ask me to treat them justly and stay close to them so that they may feel secure.

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Tok Pisin tense and aspect markers:

Tyap

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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bai

  1. to come

Volapük

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Preposition

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bai

  1. according

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Welsh

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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bai m (plural beiau)

  1. blame
    Synonym: methiant
    Arnat ti roedd y bai.
    You were to blame.
    (literally, “The blame was upon you.”)

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Verb

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bai

  1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bod
    Synonyms: basai, byddai, tasai, tai

Mutation

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Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bai fai mai unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.