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Borrowed from Thai ไหว้ (wâi, “a gesture of thanks”).
wai (plural wais)
- A Thai greeting wherein the palms are brought together in front of the face or chest, sometimes accompanied with a bow.
Thai greeting
- Burmese: ဝေး (my) (we:), ဝေ့ (my) (we.), ဝေ (my) (we)
- Indonesian: sembah (id) (a similar greeting)
- Japanese: ワイ (ja) (wai)
- Khmer: សំពះ (km) (sɑmpeah)
- Korean: 와이 (wai)
- Lao: ນົບ (nop)
- Malay: sembah (ms) (a similar greeting)
- Russian: вай (ru) m or n (vaj)
- Shan: ဝႆႈ (shn) (wāi)
- Thai: ไหว้ (th) (wâai)
- Vietnamese: vái (vi)
Phonetic respelling of why.
wai (not comparable)
wai
- Edward Horace Man, A Dictionary of the South Andaman (Aka-Bea) language (1923)
From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
wai
- fresh water (clear liquid H₂O)
- āsi (“salt water”)
- Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
wai
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
- Arthur Capell, Arosi grammar (1971), page 59: [Possessives of the] first and second persons precede the noun, whereas all others follow it, e.g. gugua wai, my drinking water, but wai 'ana, his drinking water.
- Sidney Herbert Ray, A Comparative Study of the Melanesian Island Languages (2014), page 481: wai "water"
wai
- Romanization of ᬯᬳᬶ
wai
- G. Maan, Proeve van een Bulische spraakkunst (1951)
From Proto-Philippine [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
wai (Tagbanwa spelling ᝯᝡ)
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
- Robert A. Scebold, Central Tagbanwa: A Philippine Language on the Brink of Extinction : Sociolinguistics, Grammar, and Lexicon (2003)
wai
- Language Documentation Training Center, Linguistic Society of Hawaii, Duri wordlist
From Proto-Central Pacific *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
wai
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
wai
- Romanization of 𐍅𐌰𐌹
wai ?
- all (used with a possessive suffix)
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ (compare with Malay air).
wai
- water, especially of fresh sources
wai
- Rare form of waiho (“to leave, deposit”).
- William Churchill (1911) The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced
- Pukui, Mary Kawena, Elbert, Samuel H. (1986) “wai”, in Hawaiian Dictionary, Honolulu: University of Hawaii Press
- Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 67
wai
- why
2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Ruoman 11:33:
[…] Uu kyan se wai im mek op im main fi du di sitn dem we im du? […]
- […] You can see why he made up his mind to do the things he does?
- For asking questions, ou kom is used instead.
wai
From Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
wài
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
- Marian Klamer, A Grammar of Kambera
From Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
wai
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
wai
- Allahverdi Verdizade (2019) “wai”, in Lamboya word list[1], Leiden: LexiRumah
wai
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
- Kunio Nishyama, Herman Kelen, A Grammar of Lamaholot, Eastern Indonesia: The Morphology and Syntax of the Lewoingu Dialect (2007)
- ABVD
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- Joel Bradshaw, Word order change in Papua New Guinea Austronesian languages (1982), page 126
- Walter George Ivens, Grammar and vocabulary of the Lau language, Solomon Islands (1921), page 55
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ. Doublet of air.
wai (Jawi spelling واي, plural wai-wai, informal 1st possessive waiku, 2nd possessive waimu, 3rd possessive wainya)
- river (large stream which drains a landmass)
- "wai" in Kamus Dewan, Fourth Edition, Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, →ISBN, 2005.
- “wai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
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- David F. Matti, Mamasa Pronoun Sets (1994)
wai
- Kari K. Stromme, Person Marking in the Mamuju Language (1994)
- Hanyu Pinyin reading of 𠰻
wai
- Nonstandard spelling of wāi.
- Nonstandard spelling of wǎi.
- Nonstandard spelling of wài.
- 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.
From Proto-Eastern Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Nuclear Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ (compare with Malay air).
wai
wai
- who?
- Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary[2], Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, page 589
- William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)
- “wai” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.
wai
wai
- Alternative spelling of way
wai
- Aone van Engelenhoven, The position of Makuva among the Austronesian languages of Southwest Maluku and East Timor, in Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history: a festschrift, Pacific linguistics 601 (2009)
From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *b(w)ay.
wai
- Naxi Dictionary by T.M. Pinson, Lijiang 2012
wai
- Transnewguinea.org, citing McElhanon and Voorhoeve (1970)
- J. Bullock, R. Gray, H. Paris, D. Pfantz, D. Richardson, A Sociolinguistic Survey of the Yabong, Migum, Nekgini, and Neko (2016)
wai
- Alternative spelling of we (“sun, day”)
wai
- Alternative spelling of wwe (“water”)
- "wai" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.
wai
- Catriona Hyslop, The Lolovoli Dialect of the North-East Ambae Language: Vanuatu (2001)
- William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)
wai
- W. G. Ivens, A Study of the Oroha Language, Mala, Solomon Islands, Bulletin of the School of Oriental Studies, University of London, volume 4, number 3 (1927), page 610
From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
wai
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
- Greg Mellow, A Dictionary of Owa: A Language of the Solomon Islands
wai
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
wai
From Proto-Polynesian *fai, from Proto-Oceanic *paʀi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.
wai
- stingray (venomous ray of the orders Rajiformes and Myliobatiformes)
From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
wai
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
- Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, Meredith Osmond, The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic (2007, →ISBN
wai
From Old Frisian wei.
wai m (plural do Wege)
- Dr. Fort, Marron, Dät Näie Tästamänt un do Psoolme in ju aasterlauwersfräiske Uurtoal fon dät
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wai
- William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)
wai
- Johannes A. Z'Graggen, The Madang-Adelbert Range Sub-Phylum (1975), page 602
- Sjaak van Kleef, Siroi - English dictionary, English - Siroi dictionary (2007), page 10
From Proto-South Sulawesi *wai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
wai
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.
wai
- water (clear liquid H₂O)
- Malcolm Ross, Andrew Pawley, Meredith Osmond, The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic (2007, →ISBN
wai
- Osumi, M. (1995). Tinrin Grammar. Honolulu: University of Hawai'i Press. page 39
wai
Torres Strait Creole
wai
Wai (eastern dialect) or musu (western dialect) is the first stage of coconut growth. It is followed by giru (eastern dialect) or musu koknat (western dialect).
- musu (western dialect)
wai
- William Churchill, The Polynesian Wanderings: Tracks of the Migration Deduced (1911)
wai
- Aone van Engelenhoven, The position of Makuva among the Austronesian languages of Southwest Maluku and East Timor, in Austronesian historical linguistics and culture history: a festschrift, Pacific linguistics 601 (2009)
wai
- Alternative form of ghai
- The Linguistic Situation in the Islands of Yapen, Kurudu, Nau and Miosnum, New Guinea (1961)
wai
- (sentence-final); not yet
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[3], Pacific linguistics
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Brazilian standard | wai |
New Tribes | wai |
wai (possessed waichü)
- (in ritual chants) Synonym of jüwai (“shaman”)
- Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris[4], corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 424: “Waichö é um termo usado nos cantos aichudi e ädeemi e é sinônimo de föwai, ‘pajé’ ou ‘xamã’.”