haai

Afrikaans

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦɑːi/

Etymology 1

From Dutch haai.

Noun

haai (plural haaie)

  1. shark

Etymology 2

Compare English hi.

Interjection

haai

  1. hi, hello

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch haeye, from Old Norse há- (“shark”), with the /j/ appearing influenced by the declined forms /hajə(n)/. Probably from Proto-Germanic *hanh-u-.[1] Cognate with Swedish haj, and German Hai.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɦaːi̯/
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  • Rhymes: -aːi̯

Noun

haai m (plural haaien, diminutive haaitje n)

Caribische rifhaai
Caribbean Reef Shark
  1. shark
  2. greedy person

Derived terms

Descendants

References
  1. haai; in: M. Philippa e.a., "Etymologisch Woordenboek van het Nederlands"

West Frisian

Noun

haai c (plural haaien, diminutive haaike)

  1. shark

Derived terms
  • haaimoanne

Further reading
  • “haai (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011
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