jai
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Basque[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jai inan
Declension[edit]
Declension of jai (inanimate, ending in vowel)
indefinite | singular | plural | |
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absolutive | jai | jaia | jaiak |
ergative | jaik | jaiak | jaiek |
dative | jairi | jaiari | jaiei |
genitive | jairen | jaiaren | jaien |
comitative | jairekin | jaiarekin | jaiekin |
causative | jairengatik | jaiarengatik | jaiengatik |
benefactive | jairentzat | jaiarentzat | jaientzat |
instrumental | jaiz | jaiaz | jaiez |
inessive | jaitan | jaian | jaietan |
locative | jaitako | jaiko | jaietako |
allative | jaitara | jaira | jaietara |
terminative | jaitaraino | jairaino | jaietaraino |
directive | jaitarantz | jairantz | jaietarantz |
destinative | jaitarako | jairako | jaietarako |
ablative | jaitatik | jaitik | jaietatik |
partitive | jairik | — | — |
prolative | jaitzat | — | — |
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “jai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
- “jai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005
Dalmatian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
jai m/f pl
- (third-person plural masculine and feminine pronoun, oblique case) them
Related terms[edit]
Gothic[edit]
Romanization[edit]
jai
- Romanization of 𐌾𐌰𐌹
Gun[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- jàyí (Benin)
Etymology[edit]
From jẹ̀ (“to fall”) + aí (“ground”), literally “to fall on the ground”. Cognates include Fon jàyǐ, Saxwe Gbe jɛ̀ nyì, Adja jè anyi, Ewe dze anyí
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
jàí (Nigeria)
- to fall
Derived terms[edit]
- whèjàí (“evening”)
Iban[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayic *jahət.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
jai
Iu Mien[edit]
Noun[edit]
jai
- Alternative form of jae (“chicken”)
Lithuanian[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
jai f
Mbyá Guaraní[edit]
Noun[edit]
jai
Middle English[edit]
Noun[edit]
jai
- Alternative form of jay
Murui Huitoto[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adverb[edit]
jai
References[edit]
- Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.[1], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis)
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Late Latin gaius (“jay”), or a variant of gai (“joyous, cheerful”).
Noun[edit]
jai oblique singular, m (oblique plural jais, nominative singular jais, nominative plural jai)
- jay (bird)
Descendants[edit]
Ye'kwana[edit]
ALIV | jai |
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Brazilian standard | fai |
New Tribes | jai |
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
jai (possessed jaichü)
References[edit]
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “jai”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[2], Lyon
- Monterrey, Nalúa Rosa Silva (2012) Hombres de curiara y mujeres de conuco. Etnografía de los indigenas Ye’kwana de Venezuela, Ciudad Bolívar: Universidad Nacional Experimental de Guayana, pages 62–65, 73: “jaichü”
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