haai
Afrikaans
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦɑːi/
Etymology 1
From Dutch haai, from Middle Dutch haeye.
Noun
haai (plural haaie)
- A shark.
Etymology 2
Compare English hi.
Interjection
haai
- hi, hello
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ɦaːi̯/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: haai
- Rhymes: -aːi̯
Etymology 1
From Middle Dutch haeye, from Old Norse hár (“shark”), with the /j/ appearing influenced by the declined forms /hajə(n)/. Probably from Proto-Germanic *hanh-u-, related to *hakô (“hook”), referring to the shark's back fin.[1] Cognate with Swedish haj, and German Hai.
Noun
haai m (plural haaien, diminutive haaitje n)
Caribische rifhaai
Caribbean Reef Shark
Caribbean Reef Shark
- A shark, fish of the superorder Selachimorpha (sometimes also including certain extinct shark-like members of the Elasmobranchii outside this superorder)
- A ruthless person.
- A greedy person.
Derived terms
- haaiachtig
- haaienkelder
- haaientand
- haaienvin
- haaihaak
- shark types and species:
- bakerhaai
- citroenhaai
- grondhaai
- hamerhaai
- makreelhaai
- mensenhaai
- reuzenhaai
- stierhaai
- varkenshaai
- verpleegsterhaai
- walvishaai
- zaaghaai
Descendants
- Afrikaans: haai
- → German: Hai
- → West Frisian: haai
Noun
haai m (plural haaien, diminutive haaitje n)
- A tilted angle or strip.
- A blink, instant.
Etymology 3
criminal slang
Adjective
haai (comparative haaier, superlative haaist)
- big, strong, firm; redoubted.
- smart, clever, crafty.
- fine, good.
Derived terms
- gehaaid
References
- haai; in: M. Philippa e.a., "Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands"
Norwegian Nynorsk
Noun
haai m
- obsolete typography of håi; (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of hå
West Frisian
Etymology
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Noun
haai c (plural haaien, diminutive haaike)
- shark
Derived terms
- haaimoanne
Further reading
- “haai (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011