# hai
## Translingual
### Symbol

hai
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Haida.

## English
### Etymology

A purposeful misspelling.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhaɪ̯/
* Audio (US):(file)

### Interjection

hai
* (Internet slang) Hi.
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### Anagrams

* AIH, HIA, ahi

## Adzera
### Interjection

hai
* yes

## Angor
### Noun

hai
* fire

### References

* Robert Lee Litteral, Features of Angor Discourse (1980)

## 'Are'are
### Numeral

hai
* four

### References

* Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

## Asturian
### Verb

hai
* third-person singular present indicative of haber

## Estonian
### Etymology

< Swedish haj (“shark”), < Dutch haai (“shark”)

### Noun

hai (genitive hai, partitive haid)
* shark

#### Synonyms

* haikala

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈhɑi̯/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯]
* Rhymes: -ɑi
* Hyphenation: hai

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish haj (“shark”), itself from Dutch haai (“shark”) from Old Norse hákarl (“shark”).

#### Noun

hai
* shark
    Synonym: haikala

##### Declension

Possessive forms of hai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
haini
haini
accusative
nom.
haini
haini
gen.
haini
genitive
haini
haideni haitteni
partitive
haitani
haitani
inessive
haissani
haissani
elative
haistani
haistani
illative
haihini
haihini
adessive
haillani
haillani
ablative
hailtani
hailtani
allative
hailleni
hailleni
essive
hainani
hainani
translative
haikseni
haikseni
abessive
haittani
haittani
instructive
comitative
—haineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
haisi
haisi
accusative
nom.
haisi
haisi
gen.
haisi
genitive
haisi
haidesi haittesi
partitive
haitasi
haitasi
inessive
haissasi
haissasi
elative
haistasi
haistasi
illative
haihisi
haihisi
adessive
haillasi
haillasi
ablative
hailtasi
hailtasi
allative
haillesi
haillesi
essive
hainasi
hainasi
translative
haiksesi
haiksesi
abessive
haittasi
haittasi
instructive
comitative
—hainesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
haimme
haimme
accusative
nom.
haimme
haimme
gen.
haimme
genitive
haimme
haidemme haittemme
partitive
haitamme
haitamme
inessive
haissamme
haissamme
elative
haistamme
haistamme
illative
haihimme
haihimme
adessive
haillamme
haillamme
ablative
hailtamme
hailtamme
allative
haillemme
haillemme
essive
hainamme
hainamme
translative
haiksemme
haiksemme
abessive
haittamme
haittamme
instructive
comitative
—hainemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hainne
hainne
accusative
nom.
hainne
hainne
gen.
hainne
genitive
hainne
haidenne haittenne
partitive
haitanne
haitanne
inessive
haissanne
haissanne
elative
haistanne
haistanne
illative
haihinne
haihinne
adessive
haillanne
haillanne
ablative
hailtanne
hailtanne
allative
haillenne
haillenne
essive
hainanne
hainanne
translative
haiksenne
haiksenne
abessive
haittanne
haittanne
instructive
comitative
—hainenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hainsa
hainsa
accusative
nom.
hainsa
hainsa
gen.
hainsa
genitive
hainsa
haidensa haittensa
partitive
haitaan haitansa
haitaan haitansa
inessive
haissaan haissansa
haissaan haissansa
elative
haistaan haistansa
haistaan haistansa
illative
haihinsa
haihinsa
adessive
haillaan haillansa
haillaan haillansa
ablative
hailtaan hailtansa
hailtaan hailtansa
allative
hailleen haillensa
hailleen haillensa
essive
hainaan hainansa
hainaan hainansa
translative
haikseen haiksensa
haikseen haiksensa
abessive
haittaan haittansa
haittaan haittansa
instructive
comitative
—haineen hainensa :

##### Derived terms

* australiankissahai
* australiansarvihai
* bambuhai
* biljardihai
* enkelihai
* epolettihai
* gangesinhai
* gekkohai
* grönlanninhai
* haibarbi
* haikala
* haimonni
* hainevä
* haivene
* hapanhai
* harmaahai
* hietahai
* härkähai
* isovasarahai
* jättiläishai
* jäähai
* kettuhai
* korttihai
* leopardihai
* lohihai
* makohai
* makrillihai
* okapartahai
* piikkihai
* pikkuhai
* pistepunahai
* pörssihai
* raitakoirahai
* rengashai
* ruskohai
* sahahai
* sarvihai
* seeprahai
* seeprasarvihai
* sillihai
* sillihaikala
* sumuhai
* sysihai
* tiikerhai
* tiikerihai
* torpedohai
* täpläpallohai
* täpläpartahai
* täpläpunahai
* ulappakettuhai
* valashai
* valkoevähai
* valkohai
* valkopilkkahai
* vasarahai
* verkkopartahai
* ässähai

#### Further reading

* “1. hai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English high, from high card.

#### Noun

hai
* (poker) high card

##### Usage notes

Often preceded with the rank of the high card, such as ässähai for "ace high (card)".

##### Declension

Possessive forms of hai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
haini
haini
accusative
nom.
haini
haini
gen.
haini
genitive
haini
haideni haitteni
partitive
haitani
haitani
inessive
haissani
haissani
elative
haistani
haistani
illative
haihini
haihini
adessive
haillani
haillani
ablative
hailtani
hailtani
allative
hailleni
hailleni
essive
hainani
hainani
translative
haikseni
haikseni
abessive
haittani
haittani
instructive
comitative
—haineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
haisi
haisi
accusative
nom.
haisi
haisi
gen.
haisi
genitive
haisi
haidesi haittesi
partitive
haitasi
haitasi
inessive
haissasi
haissasi
elative
haistasi
haistasi
illative
haihisi
haihisi
adessive
haillasi
haillasi
ablative
hailtasi
hailtasi
allative
haillesi
haillesi
essive
hainasi
hainasi
translative
haiksesi
haiksesi
abessive
haittasi
haittasi
instructive
comitative
—hainesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
haimme
haimme
accusative
nom.
haimme
haimme
gen.
haimme
genitive
haimme
haidemme haittemme
partitive
haitamme
haitamme
inessive
haissamme
haissamme
elative
haistamme
haistamme
illative
haihimme
haihimme
adessive
haillamme
haillamme
ablative
hailtamme
hailtamme
allative
haillemme
haillemme
essive
hainamme
hainamme
translative
haiksemme
haiksemme
abessive
haittamme
haittamme
instructive
comitative
—hainemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hainne
hainne
accusative
nom.
hainne
hainne
gen.
hainne
genitive
hainne
haidenne haittenne
partitive
haitanne
haitanne
inessive
haissanne
haissanne
elative
haistanne
haistanne
illative
haihinne
haihinne
adessive
haillanne
haillanne
ablative
hailtanne
hailtanne
allative
haillenne
haillenne
essive
hainanne
hainanne
translative
haiksenne
haiksenne
abessive
haittanne
haittanne
instructive
comitative
—hainenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
hainsa
hainsa
accusative
nom.
hainsa
hainsa
gen.
hainsa
genitive
hainsa
haidensa haittensa
partitive
haitaan haitansa
haitaan haitansa
inessive
haissaan haissansa
haissaan haissansa
elative
haistaan haistansa
haistaan haistansa
illative
haihinsa
haihinsa
adessive
haillaan haillansa
haillaan haillansa
ablative
hailtaan hailtansa
hailtaan hailtansa
allative
hailleen haillensa
hailleen haillensa
essive
hainaan hainansa
hainaan hainansa
translative
haikseen haiksensa
haikseen haiksensa
abessive
haittaan haittansa
haittaan haittansa
instructive
comitative
—haineen hainensa :

#### Further reading

* “2. hai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

### See also

Poker hands in Finnish · käsi, pokerikäsi (layout · text) :
| hai | pari | kaksi paria | kolmoset, kolme samaa | suora |
| väri | täyskäsi | neloset, neljä samaa | värisuora | kuningasvärisuora |

### Anagrams

* hia, iha

## French
### Verb

hai
* first-person singular present active indicative of havoir

## Galician
### Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese hay, from ha + y, "there is".

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈaj]

### Verb

hai
* (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) third-person singular present indicative of haver
* (impersonal) third-person singular present indicative of haber (there is, there are)
    Hai dous nomes diferentes. ― There are two different names.

### Further reading

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aver”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “hay”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “haber”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

## Garo
### Interjection

hai
* let us, 1st person plural imperative
    Hai an·ching nokona re·angaLet's go home

## German Low German
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /haɪ̯/

### Pronoun

hai m
* (also Märkisch, Sauerländisch, Eastern Pomeranian in Brazil) he
    [Brazilian] Hai sit dicht am füür.He is sitting next to the fire.

#### See also

* hei
(Sauerländisch)
* ik (“I”)
* diu (“thou, you (sg.)”)
* iämme (rarely iäme) (“him (dat.)”)
* iänne (“him (dat., acc.)”)
* sai (“she; her (acc.)”)
* iär (“her (dat.)”)
* et (“it”)
* sai (“they”)
(Brazilian)
* ik (“I”)
* duu (“thou, you (sg.)”)
* wij (“we”)
* jij (“you (pl.)”)
* sai (“they”)

#### Further reading

* Gertjan Postma, A Contrastive Grammar of Brazilian Pomeranian (Linguistik Aktuell / Linguistics Today, vol. 248), 2019, p. 103

## Guaraní
### Verb

hai
* to write

#### Conjugation
## Gwich'in

hai
* Alternative spelling of hąįʼ

## Indonesian
### Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /haɪ/

### Interjection

hai
* hi

### Further reading

* “hai” 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.

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* ài (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaj/
* Homophone: ai
* Rhymes: -aj
* Hyphenation: hài

### Verb

hai
* second-person singular present indicative of avere

### Anagrams

* ahi

## Japanese
### Romanization

hai
* Rōmaji transcription of はい

## Jersey Dutch
### Alternative forms

* hāi

### Etymology

From Dutch hij. Cognates include Afrikaans hy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hai/, /hɛi/

### Pronoun

hai
* Alternative form of hāi.

## Malay
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hai̯/
* Rhymes: -ai̯

### Etymology 1

Clipping of wahai.

#### Interjection

hai (Jawi spelling هاي)
* Used to call out to people.
    Hai orang-orang yang beriman!Oh, people who believe!

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hi.

#### Interjection

hai (Jawi spelling هاي)
* (informal) Used as a greeting; hi.
    Synonyms: helo, assalamualaikum
    Hai, tengah buat apa ni?Hi, whatcha doing?

### Further reading

* “hai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

## Mandarin
### Romanization

hai
* Nonstandard spelling of hāi.
* Nonstandard spelling of hái.
* Nonstandard spelling of hǎi.
* Nonstandard spelling of hài.

#### Usage notes

* 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.

## Maori
### Noun

hai
* (playing cards) ace

### References

* “hai” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

## Middle English
### Etymology 1
#### Noun

hai (plural haies)
* Alternative form of haye (“hunting net”)

### Etymology 2
#### Interjection

hai
* Alternative form of hey (“hey”)

### Etymology 3
#### Noun

hai (uncountable)
* Alternative form of hey (“hay”)

### Etymology 4
#### Noun

hai (plural haies)
* Alternative form of heye (“hedge”)

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

hai
* Alternative form of haven (“to have”)

## Navajo
### Alternative forms

* xai (in older Americanist literature)

### Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy. Related to the root -HAI (“a winter or a year passes”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [xɑj]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

hai
* winter
    Haigo deeskʼaaz łeh. ― It’s usually cold in the winter.

#### Derived terms

* haidą́ą́ʼ (“last winter”)
* haigo (“in winter”)
* haiʼííłnííʼ (“midwinter”)
* dííghaaí (“this winter”)

### See also

Seasons in Navajo · (layout · text) · category :
| daan (“spring”) | shį́ (“summer”) | aakʼeed (“autumn”) | hai (“winter”) |

## Ngaju
### Adjective

hai
* big

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology

From Dutch haai.

### Noun

hai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haier, definite plural haiene)
* a shark

### References

* “hai” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology

From Dutch haai, from Old Norse hár, whence also hå.

### Noun

hai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haiar, definite plural haiane)
* a shark
    Synonym: hå

### References

* “hai” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Clipping of haide.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [haj]
* Audio:(file)

### Interjection

hai
* (with subjunctives) let's
    hai să mergemlet's go

#### Usage notes

Hai is a word expressing inclination toward an action. It is often used to introduce suggestions, such as that in the given example.

#### Related terms

* haide, haidem, haideți, haios

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* hei (Puter, Vallader)

### Interjection

hai
* (Vallader) yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)

#### Derived terms

* bainschi hai

#### Related terms

* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan, Surmiran) gea
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Vallader) bain
* (Sursilvan) gie, (Sursilvan) bein
* (Sutsilvan) bagn
* (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) ea
* (Surmiran) gea bagn
* (Puter, Vallader) bainschi, schi

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈai/ [ˈai̯]
* Rhymes: -ai
* Syllabification: hai

### Verb

hai
* (archaic, impersonal third-person singular indicative present of haber) there is, there are
    Synonym: hay
    Hai dos tiendas que venden películas.There are two stores that sell films.

## Swahili
### Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy).

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Adjective

hai (invariable)
* alive (not dead)
* organic (living)

## Tày
### Pronunciation

* (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA: [haːj˧˧]
* (Trùng Khánh) IPA: [haːj˦˥]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʰŋaːjᴬ; cognate with Lao ຫງາຍ (ngāi), Shan ငၢႆ (ngǎai), Thai หงาย (ngǎai).

#### Noun

hai (胎)
* moon

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

hai
* to lay eggs
* to macerate

### References

* Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
* Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

## Ternate
### Etymology

Cognate with West Makian fai (“millipede”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈha.i/

### Noun

hai
* centipede

### References

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

## Tok Pisin
### Etymology

From English hi.

### Interjection

hai
* hello

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɣai/

### Noun

hai
* tree

### Further reading

* Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
* Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [haːj˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [haːj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [haːj˧˧]
* Audio (Hà Nội):(file)

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *haːr, from Proto-Austroasiatic *ɓaːr (or some variant presented by Proto-Palaungic *ləʔaːr, Khasi ar, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] âṅ; Shorto reconstructed Pre-Mon-Khmer *biʔaar). Cognate with Muong hal, Khmer ពីរ (pii), Bahnar 'bar, Pacoh bar, Khasi ar, Mon ၜါ, Santali ᱵᱟᱨ (bar).
Insertion of initial *h in Vietic can also be seen in *huːɲ (“to kiss”) (> Vietnamese hôn), *heːt (“finished”) (> Vietnamese hết), *hanʔ (“he, she, it”) (> Vietnamese hắn), *hoːj (“foul-smelling”) (> Vietnamese hôi), *tŋ-ʔaːm (> Vietnamese hàm, Late Vietic), *hɔːŋʔ (“river, brook”), *haːŋʔ (“to open (mouth)”).

#### Numeral

hai (𠄩, 咍, 台)
* two

#### Adjective

hai • (𠄩, 咍, 台)
* (Southern Vietnam, of a sibling) eldest; firstborn
    Synonym: cả
    anh/chị hai ― eldest brother/sister
    bác hai ― eldest brother/sister of one's parent

##### See also

* nhị; nhì
* cả hai
* tháng hai
* thứ hai

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hi (“hello”).
Further reinforced/contaminated by the coincidental usage of "two" (see etymology above) fingers when making V sign, therefore Vietnamese speakers would likely make V signs when being told to say "hai"/hi when photographed.

#### Interjection

hai!
* cheese! (said while being photographed)

## Wutunhua
### Etymology

From Mandarin 是 (shì).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [he]

### Verb

hai
* to be; the copula:
** Indicates that the subject and object are the same.
    je ngu-de huaiqa hai-yek.As for this, it is my book.(Quoted in Sandman, p. 133)
** Indicates that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or predicate adjective.
    shetek bin~bin-de hai-li.The rock is cold.(Quoted in Sandman, p. 133)
    Antonym: bai

### See also

* yek (“to be at; to exist”)

### References

* Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

## Zhuang
### Etymology

From Chinese 開 (MC khoj).

### Pronunciation

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

### Verb

hai (Sawndip forms 𢵱 or 亥 or 海 or 𰿿, 1957–1982 spelling hai)
* to open

## Zou
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hai̯˧/

#### Noun

hai
* mango

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hai̯˧˥/

#### Verb

hái
* (intransitive) to chew
* (transitive) to skim off

### Etymology 3
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hai̯˧˩/

#### Noun

hài
* cup

### Etymology 4
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /hai̯˧˩/

#### Verb

hài
* (transitive) to forget

### References

* Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62