# drai
## Cimbrian

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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: /drai/, [dʁai]

### Numeral

drai (dative drain)
* (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: /ɖai/

### Noun

drai
* 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: [ˈdrai̯]
* Hyphenation: drai

### Noun

drai (plural drai-drai, first-person possessive draiku, second-person possessive draimu, third-person possessive drainya)
* 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 of 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
* 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
* (intransitive) to turn

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From Dutch draai.

### Noun

drai
* turn
* bend
    Synonym: beni
    Synonym: boktu

### Verb

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

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English dry.

### Adjective

drai
* 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
* an old coconut used for copra

#### See also

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