# nai
## Translingual
### Symbol

nai
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for North American Indian languages.

## English
### Etymology 1

From Hindi नाई (nāī).

#### Noun

nai (plural nais)
* (India) barber.

### Etymology 2

From Romanian nai.

#### Noun

nai (plural nais)
* (music) A Romanian diatonic pan flute used since the 17th century.

##### Synonyms

* muscal

### Anagrams

* Ian, INA, AIN, Ani, Nia, Ain, NIA, ani, ain', ANI, Ina, -ian, nia, ain

## Ajië
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [nai]

### Verb

nai
* to plant

### References

* Leenhardt, M. (1935) Vocabulaire et grammaire de la langue Houaïlou, Paris: Institut d'ethnologie. Cited in: "Houaïlou" 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: "Ajiø" in Greenhill, S.J., Blust, R., & Gray, R.D. (2008). The Austronesian Basic Vocabulary Database: From Bioinformatics to Lexomics. Evolutionary Bioinformatics, 4:271–283.

## Aromanian
### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* nae

#### Noun

nai f (plural nãi)
* region, province, county

### Etymology 2

From Latin nāvis. Compare archaic Romanian naie.

#### Alternative forms

* nae

#### Noun

nai f (plural nãi)
* vessel, boat (especially with sails)

##### See also

* cãravi, catrig, lãndurã, luntri, ghimii

### Etymology 3
#### Adverb

nai
* the most

## Dalmatian
### Etymology

From Latin nix, nivem. Compare Romanian nea, Italian neve, Romansch naiv, Catalan neu.

### Noun

nai f
* snow

## Finnish
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɑi̯/, [ˈnɑ̝i̯]
* Rhymes: -ɑi
* Hyphenation: nai

#### Verb

nai
* third-person singular present/past indicative of naida

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnɑi̯ˣ/, [ˈnɑ̝i̯(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑi
* Hyphenation: nai

#### Verb

nai
* inflection of naida:
** present active indicative connegative
** second-person singular present imperative
** second-person singular present active imperative connegative

### Anagrams

* ain, ani

## Galician
### Alternative forms

* mai

### Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese mãy, influenced by the archaic nana (“mother”), from Latin mater. Cognate of Portuguese mãe.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈnaj/ [ˈna̠j]
* Rhymes: -aj
* Hyphenation: nai

### Noun

nai f (plural nais)
* mother
** 2016, Xurxo Sierra Veloso, Os fíos, Editorial Galaxia, →ISBN:Apuntamentos para axenda mental de hoxe: rifa coa miña nai. A ver por que lle ten que ir contando ela a ninguén que precisei psiquiatra despois da miña separación?Appointment in today's TODO mental schedule: arguing with my mother. Why she has to go around telling anyone that I needed a psychiatrist after my separation?

#### Derived terms

* naiciña (hypocoristic)

#### Related terms

* madre
* padre
* pai

### References

* Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mãy”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “nai”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “nai”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
* Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “nai”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
* ↑ Joan Coromines, José A[ntonio] Pascual (1983–1991) “padre”, in Diccionario crítico etimológico castellano e hispánico [Critical Castilian and Hispanic Etymological Dictionary] (in Spanish), Madrid: Gredos

## Japanese
### Romanization

nai
* Rōmaji transcription of ない

## Livonian
### Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nainën.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nɑi/

### Noun

nai
* wife

#### Declension
## Lote
### Numeral

nai
* two

### References

* Greg Pearson, René van den Berg, Lote Grammar Sketch (2008)

## Mandarin
### Romanization

nai
* Nonstandard spelling of nái.
* Nonstandard spelling of nǎi.
* Nonstandard spelling of nài.

#### 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.

## Middle English
### Alternative forms

* naie, nei, næi

### Etymology

Borrowed from Old Norse nei.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /næi̯/

### Interjection

nai
* no

### Noun

nai (plural nais)
* denial, refusal

### Adverb

nai
* no, not

### Descendants

* English: nay
* Yola: naay

### References

* “nai, interj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* “nai, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
* “nai, adv.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.

## Murui Huitoto
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈnai̯]
* Hyphenation: nai

### Root

nai
* this, that (anaphoric, specific)

#### Derived terms

* naimɨe

### References

* Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 185
* Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 161

## Ngazidja Comorian
### Adjective

nai
* bad

### References

* “nai” in Outils & Ressources pour l'Exploitation de la Langue Comorienne, 2008.

## North Frisian
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Germanic *niwjaz.

#### Adjective

nai
* (Mooring) new

##### Alternative forms

* nei (Föhr-Amrum)
* nii (Sylt)

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Germanic *nēhwaz.

#### Adjective

nai
* (Sylt) near, close

##### Alternative forms

* näi (Mooring)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish نای (nay), from Persian نی (ney).

### Noun

nai n (plural naiuri)
* a type of pan flute

#### Descendants

* → English: nai

#### See also

* fluier

## South Efate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nai/

### Noun

nai
* water

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch naaien.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nai̯/

### Verb

nai
* to sew

#### Derived terms

* nanai

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [naːj˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [naːj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [naːj˧˧]

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *k-ɗeː. Cognate with Muong đai and Arem kadeː.

#### Alternative forms

* (North Central Vietnam) nây

#### Noun

(classifier con) nai • (狔, 猍, 󰶀, 𬸼)
* sambar deer
* (by extension) any species of deer

#### See also

* hươu; cheo; mang; hoẵng
* hươu nai

### Etymology 2

Unknown. Perhaps from the "confused" look that deer in general exhibit. Perhaps popularized by the lines that describe "a confused deer walking on autumn leaves" from the poem Tiếng thu (“Sounds of Autumn”) by Lưu Trọng Lư, and subsequently the pop song Mắt nai cha cha cha (“Cha-Cha-Cha Deer Eyes”) which describes the innocence of young girls.

#### Adjective

nai
* (informal) innocent; naive
    giả naito act innocent; to act dumb; to feign ignorance

### Etymology 3

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

#### Noun

(classifier cái) nai • (坭, 󰑴)
* (rare, possibly obsolete) kind of bottle for storing wine

### Etymology 4

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

#### Verb

nai • (抳)
* to tighten; to strap

##### Derived terms

* nai lưng
* nai nịt

## Welsh
### Etymology

From Middle Welsh nei, from Proto-Brythonic *nei, from Proto-Celtic *neɸūss, from Proto-Indo-European *népōts.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /nai̯/

### Noun

nai m (plural neiaint, not mutable)
* nephew

#### Derived terms

* neigarwch

### Further reading

* R. J. Thomas, G. A. Bevan, P. J. Donovan, A. Hawke et al., editors (1950–present), “nai”, in Geiriadur Prifysgol Cymru Online (in Welsh), University of Wales Centre for Advanced Welsh & Celtic Studies