# fai
## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* fae

### Etymology

From Albanian faj. (Can this etymology be sourced?)

### Noun

fai f (plural fãi)
* fault; sin

#### Synonyms

* (fault): ftexim, stepsu
* (sin): amãrtii

## Asturian
### Alternative forms

* fae

### Verb

fai
* third-person singular present indicative of faer
* second-person singular imperative of faer

## Galician
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /faj/

### Verb

fai
* inflection of facer:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative
    Por min fai o que quixeres.For me do whatever you want.
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of fazer:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “facer”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2025
* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “fazer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “facer”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Italian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈfaj/
* Rhymes: -aj
* Hyphenation: fài

### Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Alternative forms

* fa' (imperative)

#### Verb

fai
* inflection of fare:
** second-person singular present
** second-person singular imperative

##### Related terms

* fai da te

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

fai m
* plural of faio

### Anagrams

* AFI, fia, ifa

## Ladin
### Noun

fai
* plural of fal

## Li'o
### Noun

fai
* woman

### References

* P. Sawardo, Struktur bahasa Lio (1987) (fai / ata fai)
* Louise Baird, A Grammar of Kéo: An Austronesian Language of East Nusantara (2002) (fai)

## Maybrat
### Noun

fai
* woman

### References

* A Grammar of Maybrat: A Language of the Bird's Head Peninsula, Papua Province, Indonesia (2007)

## Ngadha
### Noun

fai
* woman

### References

* Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science (2002): The Ngadha idiom is fai weta, [...] (fai is 'woman' or 'wife')
* Stephanus Djawanai, Ngadha Text Tradition: The Collective Mind of the Ngadha (1983), page 102

## Romansch
### Etymology

From Latin fidem.

### Noun

fai f (plural fais)
* faith

## Sardinian
### Verb

fai (Campidanese)
* Alternative form of fàghere (“to do; make”)

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈfa.i]

### Verb

fai
* (intransitive) to dig

#### Conjugation
### References

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

## Tetum
### Etymology

From *bayi.

### Verb

fai
* to pound
* to crash into

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈha.i]
* Hyphenation: fa‧i

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *fai. Cognates include Maori whai and Samoan fai.

#### Verb

fai
* (transitive) to do
* (transitive) to make
* (transitive) to fetch
* (transitive) to install
* (transitive) to repair
* (transitive) to manufacture
* (transitive) to be adopted
* (transitive, of clothes) to wear
* (transitive, of orders) to give

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *fai. Cognates include Tongan fai and Samoan fai.

#### Verb

fai
* (transitive) to rehearse
* (transitive) to perform

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *fai. Cognates include Tongan fai and Samoan fai.

#### Verb

fai
* (transitive) to be in progress

### Etymology 4

From Proto-Polynesian *fai. Cognates include Maori whai and Samoan fai.

#### Noun

fai
* whipray of the genus Himantura

### Etymology 5

Borrowed from Samoan faʻi.

#### Noun

fai
* banana tree
* banana fruit

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 51

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vai̯/

### Noun

fai
* Soft mutation of bai.

### Verb

fai
* Soft mutation of bai.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## West Makian
### Etymology 1

Cognate with Ternate hai (“centipede”).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɸa.i/

#### Noun

fai
* a millipede, milliped

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɸa.i/

#### Noun

fai
* shoulder

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɸa.i/

#### Noun

fai
* wing
    Synonym: payapaya

### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (as fáy and fay)

## Zhuang
### Etymology

From Proto-Tai *hwaːjᴬ (“dam”).
Cognate with Thai ฝาย (fǎai), Northern Thai ᨺᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຝາຍ (fāi), Lü ᦚᦻ (ḟaay), Shan ၽၢႆ (phǎai) or ၾၢႆ (fǎai), Bouyei waail.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Zhuang) IPA: /faːi˨˦/
* Tone numbers: fai$^1$
* Hyphenation: fai

### Noun

fai (Sawndip forms 𭎶 or 𰄂 or ⿰土快 or 𱖾 or 沸 or 𣳢 or ⿰氵⿱正⿰正正 or ⿰木⿱正⿰正正 or 𫮏 or ⿰洡𠂢 or 湃 or 渄, 1957–1982 spelling fai)
* dam

### References

* ↑ Pittayaporn, Pittayawat (2009) The Phonology of Proto-Tai‎, Cornell University PhD dissertation, page 341
* 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 古壮字字典 [Dictionary of Old Zhuang Characters] (in Chinese), Guangxi: Ethnic Publishing House (广西民族出版社), 2012, →ISBN