drai

See also: dräi

Cimbrian

Cimbrian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : drai     Ordinal : draite     Attributive : drai

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Etymology

From Middle High German drī, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz. Cognate with German drei, Dutch drie, English three.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drai/, [dʁai]

Numeral

drai (dative drain)

1. (Luserna, Sette Comuni) three

   sbéen, drai, viare ― two, three, four

   drai khüu ― three cows

References

• “drai” in Martalar, Umberto Martello, Bellotto, Alfonso (1974) Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖai/

Noun

drai

1. day

References

• Tyron, D.T., Hackman, B. (1983) Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification. Cited in: "Dehu" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.
• Leenhardt, M. (1946) Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mèlanèsie. Cited in: "ⁿDe’u" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch schroevendraaier (“screwdriver”), while Dutch draai means rotation, spin or turn.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrai̯]
• Hyphenation: drai

Noun

drai (plural drai-drai, first-person possessive draiku, second-person possessive draimu, third-person possessive drainya)

1. star screwdriver.

   Synonym: obeng

Further reading

• “drai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.

Mòcheno

cardinal numbers

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Etymology

From Middle High German drī, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz. Cognate with German drei, English three.

Numeral

drai

1. three

References

• “drai” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Papiamentu

Etymology

From Dutch draaien.

Verb

drai

1. (intransitive) to turn

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch draai.

Noun

drai

1. turn
2. bend

   Synonym: beni

   Synonym: boktu

Verb

drai

1. to turn

   mi bere e drai ― I am nauseous (literally: my stomach is turning)

Tok Pisin

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Etymology

From English dry.

Adjective

drai

1. dry
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:9:

     Bihain God i tok olsem, “Wara i stap aninit long skai i mas i go bung long wanpela hap tasol, bai ples drai i kamap.” Orait ples drai i kamap.

     →New International Version translation

Noun

drai

1. an old coconut used for copra

See also

• kokonas (“coconut palm”)
• kulau (“young coconut”)