ai

Originated 1685–95, from Brazilian Portuguese aí, from Old Tupi.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.i/

ai (plural ais or ai)

1. A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.

• (Bradypus tridactylus): maned sloth

• unau (two-toed sloth)

• “ai” in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “ai” in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

• ai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bradypus tridactylus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Contraction of aight.

• IPA^(key): /aɪ/

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• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: ay, aye, I, eye

ai

1. (slang, US) All right.

   Ai, let's go.

• -ia, IA, i.a.

ai

1. water

• Sidney Herbert Ray, A comparative study of the Melanesian Island languages (1926), page 351

From Proto-Albanian *a-ei (compound of proclitic particle a and ei), from Proto-Indo-European *h₁éy- (“he, this (one)”). Compare Latin is, German er, Lithuanian jìs, Sanskrit अयम् (ayám)).

ai m sg (accusative atë, dative atij, ablative atij)

1. he

ai

1. that

ai

1. water

• Darrell T. Tryon, New Hebrides languages: an internal classification (1976)

ai

1. penis

From Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

ai

1. water (clear liquid H₂O)

• Alexandre François, Araki: A Disappearing Language of Vanuatu (2002, →ISBN
• Blust's Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

ai

1. First person singular general possessive; my (used with general-class objects)

ạị

1. water

• wẹ

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67
• Karl James Franklin, Pacific Linguistics (1973, →ISBN, page 130 (see we)

ai

1. water

• Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 114

• aï (obsolete)

Borrowed from Portuguese ai, from Old Tupi ai.

• IPA^(key): /ɑi/

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• Hyphenation: ai

ai m (plural ais)

1. pale-throated sloth, Bradypus tridactylus

   Synonym: drievingerige luiaard

ai

1. ow, ouch

• aia

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑi̯/, [ˈɑi̯]
• Hyphenation: ai
• Rhymes: -ɑi

ai

1. ouch!
2. oh!

   Ai, se olitkin sinä!

   Oh, it was you!

3. (colloquial, interrogative particle) Oh? As in...?

   "Käytkö kaupassa?" "Ai, ruokakaupassa?"

   "Will you go to the shop?" "Oh, the food shop?"

• (ouch): aih, au, auts.
• (interrogative): -ko, -kö

• -ia, ia

• IPA^(key): /e/, /ɛ/

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• (/ɛ/) Homophones: aie, aies, aient, ait, es, est
• (/e/) Homophone: et

ai

1. first-person singular present indicative of avoir

   J'ai un chien.

   I have a dog.

• IA

From Latin allium.

ai m (plural ais)

1. garlic

ai

1. ouch! Expresses pain.

From Proto-Polynesian *qai, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qasiq.

ai

1. To have sexual intercourse, to copulate.

ai

1. 1st-person plural pronoun exclusive: we, us (but not you)

ai

1. water

• Asmah Haji Omar, The Iban Language, The Sarawak Museum Journal, volume XXV, number 46 (1977), pages 81-100

• Homophone: hai

• a' (truncation)

ai

1. contraction of a i; to the, at the

ai

1. Rōmaji transcription of あい
2. Rōmaji transcription of アイ

ai

1. Alternative spelling of ábi (sense 1).

From Proto-Yeniseian *ʔaʒ (“I”). Compare Assan aj (“I”), Arin aj (“I”), and Pumpokol ad (“I”).

ai

1. I (first-person singular subjective)

• ajoŋ

From English eye.

ai

1. eye
2. headlight of a car
3. seed

From English I

ai

1. I

From English high.

ai

1. high, tall

ai

1. friend

a +‎ i

ai

1. at or to the (+ plural noun)

ai (Latin spelling, Hebrew spelling אאי‎)

1. Alternative form of aí

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈa.i/, [ˈa.ɪ]

aï

1. second-person singular present active imperative of āiō

• ai in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• ai in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • do you think so? are you in earnest: ain tu?
    

ai

1. ouch!
2. oh!

Compare Russian ой (oj, “ow!”).

ái: IPA^(key): /a͡ɪ/

aĩ: IPA^(key): /ɐ͡ɪ/

ái! or aĩ!

1. ow!, ah!, (expresses pain, fear or surprise)
2. oi!, hey! (used to attract someone's attention)

1. oi!, ui!
2. oi!, a!

ai

1. Nonstandard spelling of āi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of ái.
3. Nonstandard spelling of ǎi.
4. Nonstandard spelling of ài.

• 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.

ai

1. Alternative form of þei

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

ai

1. (Guernsey) first-person singular present indicative of aver

ai

1. (Mooring) not

ai

1. garlic

ai

1. huh
2. geez
3. what
4. hey

• "ai" in Cliff Goddard (1992) Pitjantjatjara/Yankunytjatjara to English Dictionary, 2nd edition
• Ninti Ngapartji

• IPA^(key): /ɐi/

ai

1. no way!

• IPA^(key): [aj]
• Rhymes: -aj

ai

1. ouch (expression of physical pain)

   Ai! Pisei no prego! ― Ouch! I stepped on the nail!

2. oh (expression of concern)

• ai meu deus

ai

1. come

• IPA^(key): /aj/

ai (masculine plural possessive)

1. of

   Niște prieteni ai lui sunt interesanți.

   Some friends of his are interesting.

• al (masculine/neuter singular)
• a (feminine singular)
• ale (feminine/neuter plural)

From Latin allium / alium.

ai m (uncountable)

1. (regional) garlic

• usturoi

• aior
• mujdei

• ceapă

Inflected form of avea (“to have”).

ai

1. second-person singular present indicative of avea

   (you) have

   Ai vreun prieten în România?

   Do you have any friends in Romania?

2. second-person singular present subjunctive of avea

From an old or proto-Romanian form ae, from Latin habēs[1].

ai

1. (tu) ai (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of avea, used with past participles to form perfect compus tenses)

   (you) have...

• am
• a
• ați
• au

Probably from a Vulgar Latin *eas, from Latin habēbās.

ai

(tu) ai (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of avea, used with infinitives to form conditional tenses)

1. (you) would

   Ai fi murit dacă ți-aș fi spus.

   You would have died if I'd told you.

• am
• ați
• ar
• aș

ai

1. his father

ai

1. still (used with nominalized third person verbs)

• ay (unofficial)

• IPA^(key): /aj/

From English eye.

ai

1. eye

From English aye, ay.

ai

1. yes

From Proto-Malayo-Chamic *air, from Proto-Malayo-Sumbawan *wair, from Proto-Sunda-Sulawesi *wair, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

ai

1. water

• ABVD; Bahasa Sumbawa

From English eye.

ai

1. (anatomy) eye
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, 3:5:

     (please add an English translation of this quote)

2. hole, opening, lid
3. tip

• ai i pas

From English I.

ai

1. I (see also mi)

From English eye.

ai

1. eye

From Proto-Vietic *ʔeː.

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

ai

1. who

   Bạn là ai?

   Who are you?

2. whoever
3. someone else
4. one, a person
   • 2005, Nguyễn Ngọc Tư, "Cuối mùa nhan sắc" (in Cánh đồng bất tận), Trẻ publishing house

     Người ở chùa, người bán vé số, người ngủ công viên, người hát rong, ít ai có nhà để về.

     Some live at the temple, some sell lottery tickets, some sleep in parks, some play music in the streets; few have a home to go back to.

5. (rhetorical) nobody

• "ai" in Hồ Ngọc Đức, Free Vietnamese Dictionary Project (details)

ai

1. always
2. at all times
3. constantly (habitually)
4. ever (always)
5. habitually

• neai

• ai laidio (forever)

ai

1. (anatomy) foot