saai
Dutch
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /saːi/
audio (file) - Hyphenation: saai
- Rhymes: -aːi̯
Etymology 1
From the sense below, apparently because the cloth was perceived as dull and uninteresting.
Adjective
saai (comparative saaier, superlative saaist)
- boring, tedious
Inflection
| Inflection of saai | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| uninflected | saai | |||
| inflected | saaie | |||
| comparative | saaier | |||
| positive | comparative | superlative | ||
| predicative/adverbial | saai | saaier | het saaist het saaiste | |
| indefinite | m./f. sing. | saaie | saaiere | saaiste |
| n. sing. | saai | saaier | saaiste | |
| plural | saaie | saaiere | saaiste | |
| definite | saaie | saaiere | saaiste | |
| partitive | saais | saaiers | — | |
Derived terms
- oersaai
- saaiheid
Descendants
- Javindo: saai
- Petjo: saai
- → Sranan Tongo: soi
- → Caribbean Javanese: soi
Etymology 2
From Middle Dutch saye, saey, from Old French saie, from Latin sagum.
Noun
saai n or m (uncountable)
- woven woollen cloth
- (Brabant) wool (in yarn form)
- een bolleke sui ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
- Synonym: wol
Alternative forms
- (Brabant) sui
Descendants
- → Virgin Islands Creole: saja (dated)