# tai
## Translingual
### Symbol

tai
* (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Tai languages.

## English
### Etymology

From Japanese 鯛 (たい).

### Noun

tai
* A fish, the Japanese bream.

#### Related terms

* taiyaki

### Anagrams

* AIT, IAT, ITA, TIA, Tia, ait, ita, tia

## Aklanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, compare Malay tahi.

### Noun

tai
* excrement, feces

## 'Are'are
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *isa, *əsa, from Proto-Austronesian *isa, *əsa, *asa.
Cognate with Maori tahi (“one”), Hawaiian kahi (“one”).

#### Numeral

tai
* one

### Etymology 2

Appears to be cognate with Maori tui (“to sew; to string or thread together”), Hawaiian kui (“needle, pin; to string or thread together”).

#### Verb

tai
* to sew

##### Synonyms

* eeta

### References

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

## Aromanian
### Alternative forms

* taljiu, talju

### Etymology

From Late Latin taliō, from Latin talea. Compare Romanian tăia, tai.

### Verb

tai first-singular present indicative (past participle tãiate)
* Alternative form of talj

#### Related terms

* tãiari
* tãiat
* tãiture
* nitãiat / nitãiate

#### See also

* dãsic
* astai

## Balinese
### Romanization

tai
* Romanization of ᬢᬳᬶ

## Cebuano
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi. Compare Tagalog tae.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaʔi/ [ˈt̪a.ʔɪ]
* Hyphenation: ta‧i

### Noun

tai
* feces
* dung; animal excrement

### Adjective

tai
* (vulgar) despicable

### Interjection

tai!
* (vulgar) shit!

## Faroese
### Etymology

From Thai ไทย (tai).

### Noun

tai n (genitive singular tais, uncountable)
* Thai language

#### Synonyms

* tailendskt

## Fijian
### Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *taci, from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik.

### Noun

tai
* coast
* sea-shore

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* tahi (mostly archaic; see the below usage notes)

### Etymology

From earlier tahi (*tahdik), probably originally tah- +‎ -i (lative suffix), the stem of which is that of tahtoa (and also tahansa, tahallaan).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑi̯(ˣ)/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝i̯(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑi
* Hyphenation: tai

### Conjunction

tai
* (coordinating) or (in statements, or an inclusive or in questions)
    Sinä tai minä. ― You or me.
    Tajusin rakastuneeni, halusin tai en. ― I realised I'd fallen in love, whether I wanted to or not.

#### Usage notes

* On the differences between tai and vai (the latter may only be used in interrogative clauses):
** tai is an inclusive or, while vai is an exclusive or. For instance, while Söitkö sinä leivän tai hedelmät? and Söitkö sinä leivän vai hedelmät? are both correct, the former asks in a yes (bread, fruit, or both) or no (none of them) question, while the latter asks which one you ate, the bread or the fruit.
** Outside interrogative clauses, an explicit or may be expressed using joko ... tai (technically only for two options, but sometimes used also with more than two), or by using tai in conjunction with sitten or muuten.
* (tai/taikka/tahi):
** In legal language, there exists a difference between tai and taikka. taikka is considered "stronger" than tai. For example, an attribute specified before a list will apply to every item with tai, but not with taikka. Generally speaking tai is seen as binding things closer together than taikka.
    tieteellinen tai historiallinen tutkimus taikka tilastointi ― scientific or historical research; or compiling statistics = any of the following: (a) scientific research, (b) historical research, (c) compiling statistics (not necessarily scientific or historical)
** Colloquially tai and taikka are largely interchangeable and their use depends on the speaker.
** Particularly in older legal texts, tahi is sometimes used as well, with the scale being tai < tahi < taikka (from weakest to strongest). tahi is otherwise now only used dialectally as an alternative form of tai.

#### Synonyms

* taikka, tahikka (less common; see the above usage notes)
* tahi (chiefly archaic; see the above usage notes)
* eli (archaic)

### Noun

tai
* OR (logic gate or connector)

#### Declension

Rarely inflected; if inflection is necessary, it is used as the first component in a compound, such as TAI-portti ("OR gate").
Possessive forms of tai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
taini
taini
accusative
nom.
taini
taini
gen.
taini
genitive
taini
taideni taitteni
partitive
taitani
taitani
inessive
taissani
taissani
elative
taistani
taistani
illative
taihini
taihini
adessive
taillani
taillani
ablative
tailtani
tailtani
allative
tailleni
tailleni
essive
tainani
tainani
translative
taikseni
taikseni
abessive
taittani
taittani
instructive
comitative
—taineni
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
taisi
taisi
accusative
nom.
taisi
taisi
gen.
taisi
genitive
taisi
taidesi taittesi
partitive
taitasi
taitasi
inessive
taissasi
taissasi
elative
taistasi
taistasi
illative
taihisi
taihisi
adessive
taillasi
taillasi
ablative
tailtasi
tailtasi
allative
taillesi
taillesi
essive
tainasi
tainasi
translative
taiksesi
taiksesi
abessive
taittasi
taittasi
instructive
comitative
—tainesi
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
taimme
taimme
accusative
nom.
taimme
taimme
gen.
taimme
genitive
taimme
taidemme taittemme
partitive
taitamme
taitamme
inessive
taissamme
taissamme
elative
taistamme
taistamme
illative
taihimme
taihimme
adessive
taillamme
taillamme
ablative
tailtamme
tailtamme
allative
taillemme
taillemme
essive
tainamme
tainamme
translative
taiksemme
taiksemme
abessive
taittamme
taittamme
instructive
comitative
—tainemme
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tainne
tainne
accusative
nom.
tainne
tainne
gen.
tainne
genitive
tainne
taidenne taittenne
partitive
taitanne
taitanne
inessive
taissanne
taissanne
elative
taistanne
taistanne
illative
taihinne
taihinne
adessive
taillanne
taillanne
ablative
tailtanne
tailtanne
allative
taillenne
taillenne
essive
tainanne
tainanne
translative
taiksenne
taiksenne
abessive
taittanne
taittanne
instructive
comitative
—tainenne
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
tainsa
tainsa
accusative
nom.
tainsa
tainsa
gen.
tainsa
genitive
tainsa
taidensa taittensa
partitive
taitaan taitansa
taitaan taitansa
inessive
taissaan taissansa
taissaan taissansa
elative
taistaan taistansa
taistaan taistansa
illative
taihinsa
taihinsa
adessive
taillaan taillansa
taillaan taillansa
ablative
tailtaan tailtansa
tailtaan tailtansa
allative
tailleen taillensa
tailleen taillensa
essive
tainaan tainansa
tainaan tainansa
translative
taikseen taiksensa
taikseen taiksensa
abessive
taittaan taittansa
taittaan taittansa
instructive
comitative
—taineen tainensa :

#### Derived terms

* taikka

### See also

* vai

### Further reading

* “tai”, 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 2023-07-03

### Anagrams

* -ita

## Futuna-Aniwa
### Etymology

Ultimately from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik.

### Noun

tai
* the sea
* salt water

## Japanese
### Romanization

tai
* Rōmaji transcription of たい
* Rōmaji transcription of タイ

## Javanese
### Romanization

tai
* Romanization of ꦠꦲꦶ

## Kapampangan
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tahiq, from Proto-Austronesian *CaqiS.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /təˈiʔ/ [təˈiʔ]
* Hyphenation: ta‧i

### Verb

taî
* to sew

#### Derived terms

* manai
* taian

## Karelian
### Pronoun

tai
* this
* that

## Kokoda
### Noun

tai
* (Tarof) water

#### Synonyms

* taya (Kasuweri)

### References

* Cornelis L. Voorhoeve, Languages of Irian Jaya Checklist (1975, Canberra: Pacific Linguistics), page 103

## Latgalian
### Etymology

Cognate with Lithuanian taip.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtài̯]
* Hyphenation: tai

### Adverb

tai
* so (in this way)

### Particle

tai
* yes, that's right

#### Synonyms

* nui

### References

* Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN

## Latvian
### Pronoun

tai
* to that; dative singular feminine of tas
* in that; locative singular masculine of tas
* in that; locative singular feminine of tas

## Lithuanian
### Etymology

Derived from an unattested neuter form *ta, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas, taˀ, ta (“that”); see tas for more. Evidence for a Common Baltic neuter form *ta (matching Proto-Slavic *to) can be observed in Old Prussian stas, sta(i), sta and the Latvian particle ta-. The suffix -aĩ is apparently formed by analogy with kai (“when, while”); see this entry for more.

### Pronunciation

IPA: /tɐɪ/

### Conjunction

taĩ
* (subordinating) that, then (in that case); introduces a complement to the main clause
    Jéi nóri, taĩ ir̃ reĩkia. - If you want to, then you should
    Vìskas, kõ norė́jau, taĩ tìk išsimiegóti. - All I wanted was to have a good night's sleep.
* (coordinating, correlative) first … then …
    Taĩ víenas, taĩ kìtas ateĩna. - First one came, then another.

### Particle

taĩ
* (emphatic) puts additional emphasis on the subject of the clause; now that's … !; so that's … !
    Taĩ và kur̃ jìs! - So that's where he is!
    Õ dabar̃ taĩ àš bėdojè. - And now it's me who's in trouble.

### Pronoun

taĩ (indeclinable)
* (demonstrative) that (refers to an object or idea understood by both parties)
    Taĩ įdomù - That's interesting
    Kàs taĩ yrà? - What is that?
* (demonstrative) that, what (the first element of a relative clause, may be omitted)
    Taĩ, kàs išlieka ― What (=that which) remains.
    Gal jaũ laĩkas darýti taĩ, kàs patiñka mán. - Perhaps it's time I did what I like for once.

#### Derived terms

* taigi
* tiktai
* šitai

#### Related terms

* kai
* tas
* tad
* tada

## Makasar
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtai]

### Noun

tai (Lontara spelling ᨈᨕᨗ)
* feces
* discharge, dirt (in compounds)

#### Derived terms

* tai bassi
* tai laso
* tai mata
* tai toli

## Mandarin
### Romanization

tai (tai$^5$ / tai$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄊㄞ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 呔

### Romanization

tai
* Nonstandard spelling of tāi.
* Nonstandard spelling of tái.
* Nonstandard spelling of tǎi.
* Nonstandard spelling of tài.

#### 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.

## Mansaka
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, compare Malay tahi.

#### Noun

tai
* excrement, feces

### Etymology 2

From tahi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tahiq.

#### Verb

tai
* to sew

## Maori
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tai, from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik (compare with Malay tasik).

### Noun

tai
* sea

#### Derived terms

* tai āniwhaniwha

### See also

* moana

### References

* Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 445-6

## Middle English
### Pronoun

tai
* Alternative form of þei (“they”)

## Naga Pidgin
### Etymology

From Assamese তাই (tai, “she”), from Early Assamese তাই (tai, “she”), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀢𑀸𑀏 (tāe, “by her”), from Sanskrit तया (tayā, “by her (instrumental case)”). Cognate with Sylheti ꠔꠣꠁ (tai).

### Pronoun

tai
* he, she
    Lazarus nam ekjon manu thakise. Tai laga duijon boinikhan thakise.A man names Lazarus lived. His two sisters lived.

## North Moluccan Malay
### Etymology

From Classical Malay تاهي (tahi), from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi, from Proto-Austronesian *Caqi.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.i/

### Noun

tai
* feces, excrement

#### Derived terms

* tai idong (“booger”)
* tai kuku (“nail dirt”)
* tai talinga (“earwax”)

#### References

* Betty Litamahuputty (2012) Ternate Malay: Grammar and Texts

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.i/
* Rhymes: -ai
* Syllabification: ta‧i

### Verb

tai
* third-person singular present of taić

## Pukapukan
### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *tasi.

#### Numeral

tai
* one, first, single
    Synonym: tayi

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *tai, from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik.

#### Noun

tai
* sea
    Ka wao au ki tai.I will jump into the sea.
* ocean
    Na wō te kau tāne ki tai yī kakai.The men have gone to the ocean to fish for tuna.
* tide
    Na wōwonu te tai i te mōtāyao, ko kikī i te ola lua nei.The tide was full in the morning, it is out now at two o'clock.

##### Derived terms

* taí (“lagoon side of the island or village”)
* tukutai (“beach, lagoon shore”)

### Etymology 3

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

#### Verb

tai
* to carve, shape wood
* to hew

##### Derived terms

* taitai (“cutting, hewing”)

### Further reading

* Te Pukamuna | Pukapuka Dictionary

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *tai, from Proto-Oceanic *tasik, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tasik.

### Noun

tai
* sea

## Romanian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [taj]

### Verb

tai
* first/second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of tăia

## Southeastern Tepehuan
### Etymology

Cognate with Northern Tepehuan taí, O'odham tai, Huichol tái, Cora taíj, Classical Nahuatl tletl, Mayo tajji.

### Noun

tai
* fire

### References

* R. de Willett, Elizabeth, et al. (2016) Diccionario tepehuano de Santa María Ocotán, Durango (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 48)‎ (in Spanish), electronic edition, Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 159

## Spanish
### Noun

tai m (uncountable)
* Tai

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English tie.

### Verb

tai
* to tie, to bind

#### Derived terms

* taitai
* titei

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

tai class IX (plural tai class X)
* eagle

##### Synonyms

* kipungu

##### Derived terms

* tai mzoga (“vulture”)

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from English tie.

#### Noun

tai class IX (plural tai class X)
* tie (article of clothing)

### References

* ↑ Batibo, Herman M. (1996) “Loanword clusters nativization rules in Tswana and Swahili: a comparative study”, in South African Journal of African Language‎, volume 16, number 2, →DOI, page 39 of 33-41

## Tausug
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taqi.

### Pronunciation

* (Sinūgan Parianun) IPA: /taʔi/ [t̪aˈʔi]
* Rhymes: -i
* Syllabification: ta‧i

### Noun

tai (Sulat Sūg spelling تَئِ)
* excrement, feces

## Ternate
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈta.i]

#### Noun

tai
* the fish Lutjanus lemniscatus

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈta.i]

#### Verb

tai
* (transitive) to stare at

##### Conjugation
### References

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

## Vietnamese
### Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *saːj.

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

(classifier cái) tai • (腮, 𦖻, 哉, 𦖱, 顋, 𣌒)
* (anatomy) ear

#### Derived terms

* bạt tai
* bông tai
* dái tai
* đầu cua tai nheo
* hoa tai
* lỗ tai
* mang tai
* nặng tai
* tai nghe
* tóc tai
* trái tai
* vành tai

### Anagrams

* tia

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /tai̯/
* Rhymes: -ai̯

### Noun

tai m pl
* plural of tŷ

### Verb

tai
* third-person singular counterfactual conditional colloquial of bod (used after pe (“if”), which can also be omitted)
    (pe) tai hi’n hapus ― if she were happy

### Mutation

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

## Ye'kwana
### Alternative forms

* chai (allomorph after i)

### Etymology

From Proto-Cariban [Term?]. Compare Apalaí tae, Hixkaryana taye, Macushi tapai.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [taj]

### Postposition

tai
* through, by; indicates motion by way of a non-aquatic object of class 2

#### Usage notes

This postposition cannot take person markers to indicate its object.

#### See also
### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “tai”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon, pages 267–272, 451

## Zou
### Verb

tai
* run

#### References

* http://www.languageinindia.com/feb2013/zouphonologyfinal.pdf