hai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hai"

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Translingual

Etymology

Clipping of English Haida.

Symbol

hai

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Haida.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Haida terms

English

Etymology

Intentional misspelling modelled after romaji.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ̯/

• Audio (US):

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Interjection

hai

1. (Internet slang, endearing) Hi.
   • 2023 June 5, Rebecca Gillam, “18 celebs who swear by weight training, from Adele to Millie Mackintosh & Frankie Bridge”, in Women's Health‎^[1]:

     As her famously no-BS longtime PT Don Saladino, who has a next-level celeb roster (oh HAIII, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt!), told WH: ‘It’s about improving your body’s resilience and energy […] making sure we’re optimising everything we do’.

Anagrams

• AIH, HIA, ahi

Achang

Pronunciation

• (Myanmar) /hɑi˧/
• (Lianghe) [xɑi⁵⁵]
• (Longchuan) [xai⁵⁵]
• (Xiandao) [xai⁵⁵]

Determiner

hai

1. this

Further reading

• Inglis, Douglas; Sampu, Nasaw; Jaseng, Wilai; Jana, Thocha (2005), A preliminary Ngochang–Kachin–English Lexicon‎^[2], Payap University, page 41

Adzera

Interjection

hai

1. yes

Angor

Noun

hai

1. fire

References

• Robert Lee Litteral, Features of Angor Discourse (1980)

'Are'are

Numeral

hai

1. four

References

• Naitoro, Kateřina (2013) A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (Thesis)‎^[3], Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury, archived from the original on 2017-11-28

Asturian

Verb

hai

1. third-person singular present indicative of haber

Chungli Ao

Interjection

hai

1. Expresses acceptance of a proposition or request: OK

   Antonym: ma

Further reading

• A. R. Coupe (2007), A grammar of Mongsen Ao, Berlin: Mouton de Gruyter, →ISBN, pages 129, 405

Estonian

Etymology

From Swedish haj (“shark”), from Dutch haai (“shark”).

Noun

hai (genitive hai, partitive haid)

1. shark

Declension

Declension of hai (ÕS type 26/koi, no gradation)
		singular	plural
nominative		hai	haid
accusative	nom.
	gen.	hai
genitive			haide
partitive		haid	haisid
illative		haisse	haidesse
inessive		hais	haides
elative		haist	haidest
allative		haile	haidele
adessive		hail	haidel
ablative		hailt	haidelt
translative		haiks	haideks
terminative		haini	haideni
essive		haina	haidena
abessive		haita	haideta
comitative		haiga	haidega

Synonyms

• haikala

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑi̯/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑi
• Syllabification^(key): hai
• Hyphenation^(key): hai

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish haj (“shark”), itself from Dutch haai (“shark”) from Old Norse hákarl (“shark”).

Noun

hai

1. shark

   Synonym: haikala

Declension

Inflection of hai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		hai	hait
genitive		hain	haiden haitten
partitive		haita	haita
illative		haihin	haihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hai	hait
accusative	nom.	hai	hait
	gen.	hain
genitive		hain	haiden haitten
partitive		haita	haita
inessive		haissa	haissa
elative		haista	haista
illative		haihin	haihin
adessive		hailla	hailla
ablative		hailta	hailta
allative		haille	haille
essive		haina	haina
translative		haiksi	haiksi
abessive		haitta	haitta
instructive		—	hain
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of hai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative haini haini accusative nom. haini haini gen. haini genitive haini haideni haitteni partitive haitani haitani inessive haissani haissani elative haistani haistani illative haihini haihini adessive haillani haillani ablative hailtani hailtani allative hailleni hailleni essive hainani hainani translative haikseni haikseni abessive haittani haittani instructive — — comitative — haineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative haisi haisi accusative nom. haisi haisi gen. haisi genitive haisi haidesi haittesi partitive haitasi haitasi inessive haissasi haissasi elative haistasi haistasi illative haihisi haihisi adessive haillasi haillasi ablative hailtasi hailtasi allative haillesi haillesi essive hainasi hainasi translative haiksesi haiksesi abessive haittasi haittasi instructive — — comitative — hainesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative haimme haimme accusative nom. haimme haimme gen. haimme genitive haimme haidemme haittemme partitive haitamme haitamme inessive haissamme haissamme elative haistamme haistamme illative haihimme haihimme adessive haillamme haillamme ablative hailtamme hailtamme allative haillemme haillemme essive hainamme hainamme translative haiksemme haiksemme abessive haittamme haittamme instructive — — comitative — hainemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hainne hainne accusative nom. hainne hainne gen. hainne genitive hainne haidenne haittenne partitive haitanne haitanne inessive haissanne haissanne elative haistanne haistanne illative haihinne haihinne adessive haillanne haillanne ablative hailtanne hailtanne allative haillenne haillenne essive hainanne hainanne translative haiksenne haiksenne abessive haittanne haittanne instructive — — comitative — hainenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative hainsa hainsa accusative nom. hainsa hainsa gen. hainsa genitive hainsa haidensa haittensa partitive haitaan haitansa haitaan haitansa inessive haissaan haissansa haissaan haissansa elative haistaan haistansa haistaan haistansa illative haihinsa haihinsa adessive haillaan haillansa haillaan haillansa ablative hailtaan hailtansa hailtaan hailtansa allative hailleen haillensa hailleen haillensa essive hainaan hainansa hainaan hainansa translative haikseen haiksensa haikseen haiksensa abessive haittaan haittansa haittaan haittansa instructive — — comitative — haineen hainensa

Derived terms

compounds

• australiankissahai
• australiansarvihai
• bambuhai
• biljardihai
• enkelihai
• epolettihai
• gangesinhai
• gekkohai
• grönlanninhai
• haibarbi
• haikala
• haimonni
• hainevä
• haivene
• hapanhai
• harmaahai
• hietahai
• härkähai
• isovasarahai
• jättiläishai
• jäähai
• kettuhai
• korttihai
• leopardihai
• lohihai
• makohai
• makrillihai
• okapartahai
• piikkihai
• pikkuhai
• pistepunahai
• pörssihai
• raitakoirahai
• rengashai
• ruskohai
• sahahai
• sarvihai
• seeprahai
• seeprasarvihai
• sillihai
• sillihaikala
• sumuhai
• sysihai
• tiikerhai
• tiikerihai
• torpedohai
• täpläpallohai
• täpläpartahai
• täpläpunahai
• ulappakettuhai
• valashai
• valkoevähai
• valkohai
• valkopilkkahai
• vasarahai
• verkkopartahai
• ässähai

Further reading

• “1. hai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[4] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English high, from high card.

Noun

hai

1. (poker) high card

Usage notes

Often preceded with the rank of the high card, such as ässähai for "ace high (card)".

Declension

Inflection of hai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		hai	hait
genitive		hain	haiden haitten
partitive		haita	haita
illative		haihin	haihin
		singular	plural
nominative		hai	hait
accusative	nom.	hai	hait
	gen.	hain
genitive		hain	haiden haitten
partitive		haita	haita
inessive		haissa	haissa
elative		haista	haista
illative		haihin	haihin
adessive		hailla	hailla
ablative		hailta	hailta
allative		haille	haille
essive		haina	haina
translative		haiksi	haiksi
abessive		haitta	haitta
instructive		—	hain
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of hai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative haini haini accusative nom. haini haini gen. haini genitive haini haideni haitteni partitive haitani haitani inessive haissani haissani elative haistani haistani illative haihini haihini adessive haillani haillani ablative hailtani hailtani allative hailleni hailleni essive hainani hainani translative haikseni haikseni abessive haittani haittani instructive — — comitative — haineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative haisi haisi accusative nom. haisi haisi gen. haisi genitive haisi haidesi haittesi partitive haitasi haitasi inessive haissasi haissasi elative haistasi haistasi illative haihisi haihisi adessive haillasi haillasi ablative hailtasi hailtasi allative haillesi haillesi essive hainasi hainasi translative haiksesi haiksesi abessive haittasi haittasi instructive — — comitative — hainesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative haimme haimme accusative nom. haimme haimme gen. haimme genitive haimme haidemme haittemme partitive haitamme haitamme inessive haissamme haissamme elative haistamme haistamme illative haihimme haihimme adessive haillamme haillamme ablative hailtamme hailtamme allative haillemme haillemme essive hainamme hainamme translative haiksemme haiksemme abessive haittamme haittamme instructive — — comitative — hainemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative hainne hainne accusative nom. hainne hainne gen. hainne genitive hainne haidenne haittenne partitive haitanne haitanne inessive haissanne haissanne elative haistanne haistanne illative haihinne haihinne adessive haillanne haillanne ablative hailtanne hailtanne allative haillenne haillenne essive hainanne hainanne translative haiksenne haiksenne abessive haittanne haittanne instructive — — comitative — hainenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative hainsa hainsa accusative nom. hainsa hainsa gen. hainsa genitive hainsa haidensa haittensa partitive haitaan haitansa haitaan haitansa inessive haissaan haissansa haissaan haissansa elative haistaan haistansa haistaan haistansa illative haihinsa haihinsa adessive haillaan haillansa haillaan haillansa ablative hailtaan hailtansa hailtaan hailtansa allative hailleen haillensa hailleen haillensa essive hainaan hainansa hainaan hainansa translative haikseen haiksensa haikseen haiksensa abessive haittaan haittansa haittaan haittansa instructive — — comitative — haineen hainensa

Further reading

• “2. hai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[5] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Anagrams

• hia, iha

French

Verb

hai

1. first-person singular present active indicative of havoir

Galician

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese hay, from ha + y, "there is".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaj]

Verb

hai

1. (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) third-person singular present indicative of haver
2. (impersonal) third-person singular present indicative of haber (there is, there are)

   Hai dous nomes diferentes. ― There are two different names.

Further reading

• Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “aver”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “hai”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “haber”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Garo

Interjection

hai

1. let us, 1st person plural imperative

   Hai an·ching nokona re·anga

   Let's go home

Gwich'in

Interjection

hai

1. alternative spelling of hąįʼ

Hawaiian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhai̯/, [ˈhɐj], (rapid speech) [ˈhɛj]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *fa(q)i (“rite”). Cognate with Māori whai (“perform (a rite)”), Samoan fai (“do, speak”).

Verb

hai

1. (transitive) to offer, to sacrifice

Derived terms

• haina (“sacrifice”)
• haipule (“devout”)
• mōhai (“to offer”)

Noun

hai

1. offering, sacrifice

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hire.

Verb

hai

1. (transitive) to hire

Further reading

• hai in Combined Hawaiian Dictionary, at trussel2.com.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Malay hai, clipping of wahai or duhai.

Modern use since digitalization (c. 1980s) as an informal greeting influenced by English hi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪ/

Interjection

hai

1. hi

Further reading

• “hai”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Italian

Alternative forms

• ài (obsolete)
• ai (hypercorreted, misspelled, proscribed)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj/
• Homophone: ai
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: hài

Verb

hai

1. second-person singular present indicative of avere and (obsolete) havere

Anagrams

• ahi

Japanese

Romanization

hai

1. Rōmaji transcription of はい

Jersey Dutch

Alternative forms

• hāi

Etymology

From Dutch hij. Cognates include Afrikaans hy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hai/, /hɛi/

Pronoun

hai

1. alternative form of hāi

Jicarilla

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy. Cognate with Navajo hai and Ahtna xay.

Noun

hai

1. winter

References

• Phone, Wilhelmina; Olson, Maureen; Martinez, Matilda (2007), Axelrod, Melissa, Gómez de García, Lachler, Jordan, editors, Dictionary of Jicarilla Apache / Abáachi Mizaa Iłkeeʼ Siijai, Albuquerque, New Mexico: University of New Mexico Press, →ISBN, page 249

Low German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪ̯/

Pronoun

hai m (German Low German)

1. (Märkisch, Sauerländisch, Brazilian Pomeranian) he

   [Brazilian] Hai sit dicht am füür.

   He is sitting next to the fire.

See also

• hei

(Sauerländisch)

• ik (“I”)
• diu (“thou, you (sg.)”)
• iämme (rarely iäme) (“him (dat.)”)
• iänne (“him (dat., acc.)”)
• sai (“she; her (acc.)”)
• iär (“her (dat.)”)
• et (“it”)
• sai (“they”)

(Brazilian)

• ik (“I”)
• duu (“thou, you (sg.)”)
• wij (“we”)
• jij (“you (pl.)”)
• sai (“they”)

Further reading

• Gertjan Postma, A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian (Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today, vol. 248), 2019, p. 103

Malay

Etymology

Clipping of wahai or duhai.

Modern use since 1980s influenced by English hi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hai̯/
• Rhymes: -ai̯

Interjection

hai (Jawi spelling هاي)

1. (literary) Used to call out to people.

   Synonym: wahai

   Hai orang-orang yang beriman!

   O, people who believe!

2. [since 20th century] (informal) Used as a greeting; hi.

   Synonyms: helo, salam, weh, wei, hoi

   Hai, tengah buat apa ni?

   Hi, whatcha doing?

Further reading

• "hai" in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu (PRPM) [Malay Literary Reference Centre (PRPM)] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

Mandarin

Romanization

hai

1. nonstandard spelling of hāi
2. nonstandard spelling of hái
3. nonstandard spelling of hǎi
4. nonstandard spelling of hài

Usage notes

• 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.

Māori

Noun

hai

1. (playing cards) ace

References

• John C. Moorfield (2011), “hai”, in Te Aka: Māori–English, English–Māori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, →ISBN

Middle English

Etymology 1

Noun

hai (haies)

1. alternative form of haye (“hunting net”)

Etymology 2

Interjection

hai

1. alternative form of hey (“hey”)

Etymology 3

Noun

hai

1. alternative form of hey (“hay”)

Etymology 4

Noun

hai (haies)

1. alternative form of heye (“hedge”)

Etymology 5

Verb

hai

1. alternative form of haven (“to have”)

Navajo

Alternative forms

• xai (in older Americanist literature)

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy. Related to the root -HAI (“a winter or a year passes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɑ̀ɪ̀/

• Audio:

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Noun

hai

1. winter

   Haigo deeskʼaaz łeh. ― It’s usually cold in the winter.

Derived terms

• haidą́ą́ʼ (“last winter”)
• haigo (“in winter”)
• haiʼííłnííʼ (“midwinter”)
• dííghaaí (“this winter”)

See also

Seasons in Navajo · (layout · text) · category
daan (“spring”)	shį́ (“summer”)	aakʼeed (“autumn”)	hai (“winter”)

Ngaju

Adjective

hai

1. big

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Dutch haai.

Noun

hai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haier, definite plural haiene)

1. a shark

References

• “hai” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Dutch haai, from Old Norse hár, whence also hå.

Noun

hai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haiar, definite plural haiane)

1. a shark

   Synonym: hå

References

• “hai” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Paraguayan Guarani

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -i

Verb

hai

1. to write

Conjugation

    Conjugation of hai

		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person inclusive	1st person exclusive	2nd person	3rd person
active
	indicative	che ahai	nde rehai	ha'e ohai	ñande jahai	ore rohai	peẽ pehai	ha'ekuéra ohai/ohai hikuái
	hortative	tahai che	terehai nde	tohai ha'e	tajahai ñande	torohai ore	tapehai peẽ	tohai ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	ehai	-	-	-	pehai	-
passive
	indicative	che ajehai	nde rejehai	ha'e ojehai	ñande jajehai	ore rojehai	peẽ pejehai	ha'ekuéra ojehai/ojehai hikuái
	hortative	tajehai che	terejehai nde	tojehai ha'e	tajajehai ñande	torojehai ore	tapejehai peẽ	tojehai ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	ejehai	-	-	-	pejehai	-
reciprocal
	indicative	-	-	-	ñande jajohai	ore rojohai	peẽ pejohai	ha'ekuéra ojohai/ojohai hikuái
	hortative	-	-	-	tajajohai ñande	torojohai ore	tapejohai peẽ	tojohai ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	-	-	-	-	pejohai	-
coactive
	indicative	che ambohai	nde rembohai	ha'e ombohai	ñande ñambohai	ore rombohai	peẽ pembohai	ha'ekuéra ombohai/ombohai hikuái
	hortative	tambohai che	terembohai nde	tombohai ha'e	tañambohai ñande	torombohai ore	tapembohai peẽ	tombohai ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	embohai	-	-	-	pembohai	-
objective
	indicative	che arohai/aguerohai	nde rerohai/reguerohai	ha'e orohai/oguerohai	ñande jarohai/jaguerohai	ore rorohai/roguerohai	peẽ perohai/peguerohai	ha'ekuéra orohai/oguerohai//orohai/oguerohai hikuái
	hortative	torohai/taguerohai che	tererohai/tereguerohai nde	torohai/toguerohai ha'e	tajarohai/tajaguerohai ñande	tororohai/toroguerohai ore	taperohai/tapeguerohai peẽ	torohai/toguerohai ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	erohai/eguerohai	-	-	-	perohai/peguerohai	-
subsumptive¹
	indicative	che aporohai/amba'ehai	nde reporohai/remba'ehai	ha'e oporohai/omba'ehai	ñande japorohai/ñamba'ehai	ore roporohai/romba'ehai	peẽ peporohai/pemba'ehai	ha'ekuéra oporohai/omba'ehai//oporohai/omba'ehai hikuái
	hortative	taporohai/tamba'ehai che	tereporohai/teremba'ehai nde	toporohai/tomba'ehai ha'e	tajaporohai/tañamba'ehai ñande	toroporohai/toromba'ehai ore	tapeporohai/tapemba'ehai peẽ	toporohai/tomba'ehai ha'ekuéra/hikuái
	imperative	-	eporohai/emba'ehai	-	-	-	peporohai/pemba'ehai	-
		¹: the subsumptive forms with -poro- are used with humans, while the forms with -mba'e- are used with animals.

References

• Canese, Natalia Krivoshein de; Alcaraz, Feliciano Acosta (2016), “hai”, in Ñe’ẽryru [Dictionary] (overall work in Spanish), Asunción: Instituto Superior de Lenguas, →ISBN, page 24, column 2

Romanian

Etymology

Clipping of haide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [haj]

• Audio:

  (file)

Interjection

hai

1. (with subjunctives) let's

   hai să mergem

   let's go

Usage notes

Hai is a word expressing inclination toward an action. It is often used to introduce suggestions, such as that in the given example.

Related terms

• haide, haidem, haideți, haios

Romansh

Alternative forms

• hei (Puter, Vallader)

Interjection

hai

1. (Vallader) yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)

Derived terms

• bainschi hai

Related terms

• (Sutsilvan) bagn
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
• (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, schi
• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea
• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
• (Surmiran) gea bagn
• (Sursilvan) gie, (Sursilvan) bein

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈai/ [ˈai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: hai

Verb

hai

1. (archaic, impersonal third-person singular indicative present of haber) there is, there are

   Synonym: hay

   Hai dos tiendas que venden películas.

   There are two stores that sell films.

2. (Chile) second-person singular voseo present indicative of haber; you have

Swahili

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

hai (invariable)

1. alive (not dead)
2. organic (living)

Derived terms

• uhai (“life”)

Tày

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [haːj˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʰŋaːjᴬ; cognate with Lao ຫງາຍ (ngāi), Shan ငၢႆ (ngǎai), Thai หงาย (ngǎai).

Noun

hai (Nôm form 胎)

1. moon

Etymology 2

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

Verb

hai

1. to lay eggs
2. to macerate

References

• Dương Nhật Thanh; Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003), Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎^[6] (in Tày and Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học xã hội [Social Sciences Publishing House]
• Hoàng Văn Ma; Lục Văn Pảo; Hoàng Chí (2006), Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011), Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎^[7][8] (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Ternate

Etymology

Cognate with West Makian fai (“millipede”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.i/

Noun

hai

1. centipede

References

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

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English hi.

Interjection

hai

1. hello

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣai/

Noun

hai

1. tree

Further reading

• Ross, Malcolm (1988), Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia (Pacific Linguistics; C-98)‎^[9], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.

Vietnamese

Vietnamese numbers ^(edit)

	20
←  1	2	3  →
Cardinal: hai     Ordinal: thứ hai, thứ nhì

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *haːr, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɓaːr (or some variant presented by Proto-Palaungic *ləʔaːr, Khasi ar, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] âṅ; Shorto reconstructed Pre-Mon-Khmer *biʔaar). Cognate with Muong hal, Khmer ពីរ (pii), Bahnar 'bar, Pacoh bar, Khasi ar, Mon ၜါ, Santali ᱵᱟᱨ (bar).

Insertion of initial *h in Vietic can also be seen in *huːɲ (“to kiss”) (> Vietnamese hôn), *heːt (“finished”) (> Vietnamese hết), *hanʔ (“he, she, it”) (> Vietnamese hắn), *hoːj (“foul-smelling”) (> Vietnamese hôi), *tŋ-ʔaːm (> Vietnamese hàm, Late Vietic), *hɔːŋʔ (“river, brook”), *haːŋʔ (“to open (mouth)”).

Numeral

hai (𠄩, 咍, 台)

1. two

Adjective

hai • (𠄩, 咍, 台)

1. (Southern Vietnam, of a sibling) eldest or elder; firstborn

   Synonym: cả

   anh/chị hai ― eldest brother/sister

   bác hai ― eldest brother/sister of one's parent

Derived terms

• bắt cá hai tay
• cả hai
• hai họ
• hai mặt
• tháng hai
• thứ hai

See also

• nhị; nhì

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hi (“hello”).

Further reinforced/contaminated by the coincidental usage of "two" (see etymology above) fingers when making V sign, therefore Vietnamese speakers would likely make V signs when being told to say "hai"/hi when photographed.

Interjection

hai!

1. cheese! (said while being photographed)

Anagrams

• hia

Wutunhua

Etymology

From Mandarin 是 (shì).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [he]

Verb

hai

1. to be; the copula:
   1. Indicates that the subject and object are the same.

      je ngu-de huaiqa hai-yek.

      As for this, it is my book.

      (Quoted in Sandman, p. 133)

   2. Indicates that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or predicate adjective.

      shetek bin~bin-de hai-li.

      The rock is cold.

      (Quoted in Sandman, p. 133)

   Antonym: bai

See also

• yek (“to be at; to exist”)

References

• Erika Sandman (2016), A Grammar of Wutun‎^[10], University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Zhuang

Etymology

From Chinese 開 (MC khoj).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /haːi˨˦/
• Tone numbers: hai¹
• Hyphenation: hai

Verb

hai (Sawndip forms 𢵱 or 亥 or 海 or 𰿿, 1957–1982 spelling hai)

1. to open

Zou

Etymology 1

Hai tampi.

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *haay. Cognate with Mizo hái.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hāːi̯]
• Hyphenation: hai

Noun

hâi

1. mango

Etymology 2

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *kray.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hǎːi̯]
• Hyphenation: hai

Verb

ha̋i (stem II [please provide])

1. (transitive) to chew

Etymology 3

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hʌ̀i̯]
• Hyphenation: hai

Verb

hài (stem II [please provide])

1. (transitive) to forget

Etymology 4

Hai khat.

From Proto-Kuki-Chin *hraay.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [hâːi̯]
• Hyphenation: hai

Noun

hȁi

1. cup

References

• Philip Thangliènmâng (2010), Minimal dictionary and Self-tutor Functional Grammar in Zo-English-Hindi, New Delhi: Zoculsin, →ISBN, page 30; 43; 83
• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013), A Descriptive Grammar of Zou (PhD thesis), Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62