bai

bai

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

Translingual

Symbol

bai

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

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English

Etymology 1

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Noun

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.

Noun

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

Interjection

bai

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

References

1. “Bai”, in Britannica, accessed August 4, 2022

Anagrams

• ABI, AIB, Abi, B.I.A., BIA, Bia, IAB, IBA, Iba

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Basque

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bai̯/, [bai̯]

Interjection

bai

1. yes

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Borôro

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bai̯/

Noun

bai

1. house

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin badius, possibly via Spanish bayo.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈbaj/

Adjective

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

1. bay (colour)

Further reading

• “bai” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bɛ/

Adjective

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

1. bay (of a reddish-brown colour)

Derived terms

• chat bai

Further reading

• “bai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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Gothic

Romanization

bai

1. Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌹

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Iban

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baiʔ/
• Rhymes: -bai
• Hyphenation: bai

Verb

bai

1. to bring

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Italian

Adjective

bai

1. masculine plural of baio

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Japanese

Romanization

bai

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

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Kabuverdianu

Alternative forms

• bá (Barlavento)

Etymology

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

Verb

bai

1. (Sotavento)to go

References

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

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Mandarin

Romanization

bai (bai⁵ / bai⁰, Zhuyin ˙ㄅㄞ)

1. Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㗑.

bai

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

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Manx

Etymology

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

Noun

bai m (genitive singular bai, plural baiaghyn)

1. slope, bias
2. partiality

Derived terms

• baiagh
• neuvaiaght

Mutation

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.

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Palauan

Etymology

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

Noun

bai

1. house (abode)

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Pangasinan

Etymology

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

Noun

bai

1. grandmother

   Coordinate term: laki

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Papiamentu

Etymology

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

Verb

bai

1. to go
2. to walk

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Polish

Pronunciation

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

Noun

bai f

1. genitive/dative/locative singular of baja

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Rennellese

Etymology

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

bai

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

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Rohingya

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ba͡i/

Preposition

bai

1. along.
2. through.

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Romanian

Etymology

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

Noun

bai n (plural baiuri)

1. (Transylvania) trouble

Declension

Declension of bai

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) bai	baiul	(niște) baiuri	baiurile
genitive/dative	(unui) bai	baiului	(unor) baiuri	baiurilor
vocative	baiule		baiurilor

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Sakizaya

Noun

bai

1. grandmother

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Sika

Noun

bai

1. woman

References

• Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: bai
• ABVD: wai

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Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From English buy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bai̯/

Verb

bai

1. to buy

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Ternate

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.i]

Verb

bai

1. (transitive) to show

Conjugation

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

bai

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈba.i]

Noun

bai

1. a species of snapper, Etelis carbunculus and/or Etelis radiosus

References

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

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Tok Pisin

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Alternative forms

• baimbai (archaic)

Etymology

From English by and by.

Particle

bai

1. 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."

See also

Tok Pisin tense markers:

• pinis (past perfect tense)
• bin (simple past tense)
• stap (progressive tense)
• bai/baimbai (future tense)

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Volapük

Preposition

bai

1. according

Derived terms

• baiot

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /bai̯/

Noun

bai m (plural beiau)

1. blame

   Arnat ti roedd y bai.

   You were to blame.

   (literally, “The blame was upon you.”)

Synonyms

• ar fai (“to blame”)

Verb

bai

1. third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bod

   Synonyms: basai, byddai, tasai, tai

Mutation

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.