tai

From Japanese 鯛 (たい).

tai

1. A fish, the Japanese bream.

• taiyaki

• AIT, IAT, ITA, TIA, Tia, ait, ita, tia

From Proto-Austronesian.

tai

1. feces
2. dung; animal excrement

tai

1. (vulgar, colloquial) despicable

tai

1. (vulgar, offensive) Used similar to shit!

From Thai ไทย (tai).

tai n (genitive singular tais, uncountable)

1. Thai language

• tailendskt

From Proto-Oceanic (compare Hawaiian kai (“salt water”), Maori tai (“sea”), Rapa Nui tai (“sea”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (compare Chamorro tasi (“sea”), Indonesian tasik (“lake”), Malay tasik (“lake”)).

tai

1. coast
2. sea-shore

• tahi, tahikka, taikka

From earlier tahi, related to tahtoa.

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɑi̯/, [ˈt̪ɑi̯]
• Hyphenation: tai
• Rhymes: -ɑi

tai

1. (coordinating; in affirmative clauses) or:

   Sinä tai minä.

   You or me.

   Tajusin rakastuneeni, halusin tai en.

   I realised I'd fallen in love, whether I wanted to or not.

While it is often said that tai is to be used in affirmative clauses and vai is to be used in question clauses, a more precise difference is that tai is an inclusive or, while vai is an exclusive or. For instance, while Söitkö sinä leivän tai hedelmät? and Söitkö sinä leivän vai hedelmät? are both correct, the former asks in a yes or no question if you ate bread, fruit, bread and fruit, or nothing, while the latter asks which you ate, the bread, or the fruit.

• eli (archaic)

tai

1. OR (logic gate or connector)

Rarely inflected; if inflection is necessary, it is used as the first component in a compound, such as TAI-portti ("OR gate").

• vai

• -ita

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik.

tai

1. the sea
2. salt water

tai

1. Rōmaji transcription of たい
2. Rōmaji transcription of タイ

tai

1. this
2. that

tai

1. (Tarof) water

• taya (Kasuweri)

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 103

Cognate with Lithuanian taip.

• IPA^(key): /taʔi/

tai

1. so, in this way, in that way

tai

1. yes, that's right

• nui

tai

1. to that; dative singular feminine form of tas
2. in that; locative singular masculine form of tas
3. in that; locative singular feminine form of tas

Derived from an unattested neuter form *ta, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tos, taˀ, tod (“that”); see tas for more. Evidence for a Common Baltic neuter form *ta (matching Proto-Slavic *to) can be observed in Old Prussian stas, sta(i), sta and the Latvian particle ta-. The suffix -aĩ is apparently formed by analogy with kai (“when, while”); see this entry for more.

IPA^(key): /tɐɪ/

taĩ

1. (subordinating) that, then (in that case); introduces a complement to the main clause

   Jéi nóri, taĩ ir̃ reĩkia. - If you want to, then you should

   Vìskas, kõ norė́jau, taĩ tìk išsimiegóti. - All I wanted was to have a good night's sleep.

2. (coordinating, correlative) first … then …

   Taĩ víenas, taĩ kìtas ateĩna. - First one came, then another.

taĩ

1. (emphatic) puts additional emphasis on the subject of the clause; now that's … !; so that's … !

   Taĩ và kur̃ jìs! - So that's where he is!

   Õ dabar̃ taĩ àš bėdojè. - And now it's me who's in trouble.

taĩ (indeclinable)

1. (demonstrative) that (refers to an object or idea understood by both parties)

   Taĩ įdomù - That's interesting

   Kàs taĩ yrà? - What is that?

2. (demonstrative) that, what (the first element of a relative clause, may be omitted)

   Taĩ, kàs išlieka ― What (=that which) remains.

   Gal jaũ laĩkas darýti taĩ, kàs patiñka mán. - Perhaps it's time I did what I like for once.

• taigi
• tiktai
• šitai

• kai
• tas
• tad
• tada

tai

1. Nonstandard spelling of tāi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of tái.
3. Nonstandard spelling of tǎi.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tài.

• 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.

From Proto-Polynesian (compare Hawaiian kai (“salt water”), Rapa Nui tai (“sea”)), from Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian tai (“coast”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (compare Chamorro tasi (“sea”), Malay tasik (“lake”)).

tai

1. sea

• moana

tai

1. Alternative form of þei

• “thei (pron.)” in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 29 May 2018.

• IPA^(key): /ˈta.i/

tai

1. third-person singular present of taić

From Proto-Polynesian (compare Hawaiian kai (“salt water”), Rapa Nui tai (“sea”)), from Proto-Oceanic (compare Fijian tai (“coast”)), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (compare Chamorro tasi (“sea”), Indonesian tasik (“lake”), Malay tasik (“lake”)).

tai

1. sea

• IPA^(key): [taj]

tai

1. first-person singular present indicative of tăia
2. first-person singular present subjunctive of tăia
3. second-person singular present indicative of tăia
4. second-person singular present subjunctive of tăia

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan taí, O'odham tai, Huichol tái, Cora taíj, Classical Nahuatl tletl, Mayo tajji.

tai

1. fire

• R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎ (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 159

tai m (uncountable)

1. Tai

From English tie.

tai

1. to tie, to bind

• taitai
• titei

tai (n class, plural tai)

1. eagle
2. vulture

• kipungu

From Proto-Vietic *saːj.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [taːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [taːj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [taːj˧˧]

(classifier cái) tai (腮, 顋, 𣌒, 𦖻)

1. (anatomy) ear

• IPA^(key): /tai̯/

tai m pl

1. plural of tŷ

tai

1. (colloquial) third-person singular conditional of bod (used after pe (“if”), which can also be omitted)

   (pe) tai hi’n hapus ― if she were happy

• bai (colloquial)
• basai (colloquial)
• byddai
• tasai (colloquial)