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See also: Appendix:Variations of "cai"
Translingual[edit]
Symbol[edit]
cai
- (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Central American Indian languages.
Aromanian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From Latin quālis, quālem. Compare Romanian care.
Determiner[edit]
cai
Pronoun[edit]
cai
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
cai m pl
Asturian[edit]
Noun[edit]
cai f (plural cais)
- street
- Les cais er puebru entavía falta-yes asfaltu.
- The village streets still need asphalt.
Noun[edit]
cai m (plural cais)
Balinese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
cai
- Romanization of ᬘᬿ
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Old French kay, from Gaulish *kagyum, cagiíun (“enclosure”), from Proto-Celtic *kagyom (“pen, enclosure”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cai m (plural cais)
- quay, pier, wharf, breakwater
- Synonym: peirao
References[edit]
- “cai” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “cai” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
Highland Popoluca[edit]
Noun[edit]
cai
- a dead person
References[edit]
- Elson, Benjamin F., Gutiérrez G., Donaciano (1999) Diccionario popoluca de la Sierra, Veracruz (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 41)[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., →ISBN, page 11
Leonese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun[edit]
cai m
References[edit]
Macanese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Portuguese cai, third-person singular present conjugation of cair. Compare sai for a similar phenomenon.
Verb[edit]
cai
- to fall
- cai madre ― (of the uterus) to prolapse (literally, “to fall womb”)
- cai na asnéra ― to commit a faux-pas (literally, “to fall into trouble”)
- cai na putau ― to blunder (literally, “to fall into a clay dish”)
- Já cai de cadera
- He fell off the chair
- Já cai di cumprido na chám
- He fell and lay sprawled on the floor
- Cuidado, nom-mestê tropeçá! Vôs cai, nôs cai juntado co vôs.
- Be careful, don’t stumble! If you fall down, we will fall down with you.
- to get carried away
- cai pê-mám ― to lose one's temper; to become disoriented (literally, “to fall feet-hands”)
- cai sin sintido ― to faint; to swoon (literally, “to fall without sense”)
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
Manchu[edit]
Romanization[edit]
cai
- Romanization of ᠴᠠᡳ
Mandarin[edit]
Romanization[edit]
cai
- Nonstandard spelling of cāi.
- Nonstandard spelling of cái.
- Nonstandard spelling of cǎi.
- Nonstandard spelling of cài.
Usage notes[edit]
- 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.
Ngazidja Comorian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Likely from Persian چای (čây); see Swahili chai for more.
Noun[edit]
cai class 9 (plural cai class 10)
References[edit]
- “cai” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.
Occitan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cai m (plural cais)
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Hyphenation: cai
- Rhymes: -aj
Verb[edit]
cai
- inflection of cair:
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
cai m pl
Sundanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
cai
- Romanization of ᮎᮄ
Venetian[edit]
Noun[edit]
cai
Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Sino-Vietnamese word from 該.
Noun[edit]
cai
- (military, historical) corporal
- overseer; foreman; supervisor
- (dialectal) Short for cai tổng (“district chief”).
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
Etymology 2[edit]
Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 戒 (SV: giới).
Verb[edit]
cai
- to break (a habit); to grow out of (a habit); to give up
Derived terms[edit]
Derived terms
White Hmong[edit]
Noun[edit]
cai
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