drai
See also: dräi
Cimbrian
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Etymology
From Middle High German drī, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz. Cognate with German drei, Dutch drie, English three.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /drai/, [dʁai]
Numeral
drai (dative drain)
- (Luserna, Sette Comuni) three
- sbéen, drai, viare ― two, three, four
- drai khüu ― three cows
References
- “drai” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
- Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien
Drehu
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɖai/
Noun
drai
- day
References
- Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
- Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271-283.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch schroevendraaier (“screwdriver”), while Dutch draai means rotation, spin or turn.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈdrai̯]
- Hyphenation: drai
Noun
drai (plural drai-drai, first-person possessive draiku, second-person possessive draimu, third-person possessive drainya)
- star screwdriver.
- Synonym: obeng
Further reading
- “drai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Mòcheno
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Etymology
From Middle High German drī, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz. Cognate with German drei, English three.
Numeral
drai
- three
References
- “drai” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.
Papiamentu
Etymology
From Dutch draaien.
Verb
drai
- (intransitive) to turn
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
From Dutch draai.
Noun
drai
- turn
- bend
- Synonym: beni
- Synonym: boktu
Verb
drai
- to turn
- mi bere e drai ― I am nauseous (literally: my stomach is turning)
Tok Pisin
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Etymology
From English dry.
Adjective
drai
- dry
- 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:9:
- Bihain God i tok olsem, “Wara i stap aninit long skai i mas i go bung long wanpela hap tasol, bai ples drai i kamap.” Orait ples drai i kamap.
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Noun
drai
- an old coconut used for copra
See also
- kokonas (“coconut palm”)
- kulau (“young coconut”)