# sai
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Etymology 1

From Japanese 釵 (sai).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saɪ/
* Rhymes: -aɪ
* Homophones: sigh, psi, xi, scye, Si

#### Noun

sai (plural sai)
* A handheld weapon with three prongs, used in some Oriental martial arts.

##### See also

* Sai (weapon) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

### Etymology 2

Compare Portuguese sahi, from Tupian sai (“monkey”).

#### Noun

sai
* A sajou; a capuchin (monkey).

#### Further reading

* William Dwight Whitney, Benjamin E[li] Smith, editors (1911), “sai”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., →OCLC.
* “sai”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Etymology 3

Borrowed from Hokkien 屎 (sái, “excrement; poop”).

#### Pronunciation

* (Singapore) IPA: /saɪ˦˨/

#### Noun

sai (uncountable)
* (Singapore, Malaysia, colloquial, vulgar) shit
** 1998 February 10, Thye Hoon Lin, “SM Lee was right - Johor is notorious for muggings!”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):[…] the employer of the unfortunate maid that was forced to makan sai are indonesians.
** 1998 July 9, SimiSar, “[sangkancil] New HK airport faces barrage of criticism (fwd)”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):It is Chek Lap Kok ho lang. You should makan sai. Are you an Orang Laut trying to speak Chinese?
** 2003 April 18, Bone Toad, “Christ won”, in soc.culture.malaysia (Usenet):go and take your morning shower and wash your arse with water and soap after pang sai

### See also

* saw sam sai

### Anagrams

* ais, A.S.I., Asi, AIS, a-Si, is-a, sia, Ais, Sia, Isa, A.I.s, Isa., IAS, ISA, ASI, IAs, AIs, A. S. I., SIA

## Basque
### Noun

sai anim
* vulture

## Estonian
### Etymology 1

Cognate to Livonian sōja (“white bread”). Possibly a derivation from saama. As white bread was often offered during weddings, an initial compound of saialeib would have meant something along the lines of "receiver's bread, wedding bread".

#### Noun

sai (genitive saia, partitive saia)
* white bread

##### Derived terms

* saiake (“pastry”)

##### Descendants

* → Ingrian: saija

#### See also

* leib

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

sai
* third-person singular past indicative of saama
    Ta sai kingituse. ― He got a present.

### Further reading

* “sai”, in [EKSS] Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
* “sai”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
* sai in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

## Finnish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈsɑi̯/, [ˈs̠ɑ̝i̯]
* Rhymes: -ɑi
* Hyphenation: sai

### Verb

sai
* third-person singular past indicative of saada
    Hän sai lahjan. ― He got a present.

### Anagrams

* -ias, -isa, ais

## Galician
### Verb

sai
* (reintegrationist norm) inflection of sair:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Gothic
### Romanization

sai
* Romanization of 𐍃𐌰𐌹

## Hokkien

* For pronunciation and definitions of sai – see 獅 (“lion”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 獅).
* For pronunciation and definitions of sai – see 西 (“west; western; occidental; etc.”). (This term is the pe̍h-ōe-jī form of 西).

## Italian
### Verb

sai
* second-person singular present indicative of sapere
    Non lo sai? ― Don't you know (it)?
    Sai il mio nome. ― You know my name.
    Tu lo sai! ― You do (know it)!

### Noun

sai pl
* plural of saio

### Anagrams

* -asi, sia

## Japanese
### Romanization

sai
* Rōmaji transcription of さい
* Rōmaji transcription of サイ

## Macanese
### Etymology

From Portuguese sair, either directly or from the third-person conjugation sai. Compare cai for a similar phenomenon.

### Verb

sai
* to go out, to leave
    Quiada já sai ― The maid isn't working here anymore (literally, “The maid has left”)
    Cedo-cedo sai di casa ― He/she left home very young/very early
* to look like
    Sai di quim? ― Who does he/she look like?

## Mandarin
### Romanization

sai
* Nonstandard spelling of sāi.
* Nonstandard spelling of sǎi.
* Nonstandard spelling of sài.

#### 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
### Noun

sai
* Alternative form of assay

## Naxi
### Etymology

From Proto-Sino-Tibetan *swiʔ.

### Noun

sai
* blood

### References

* Naxi Dictionary by T.M. Pinson, Lijiang 2012

## North Frisian
### Alternative forms

* seede (Mooring)
* sii (Sylt)

### Etymology

From Old Frisian sidza, sega, from Proto-Germanic *sagjaną. Cognates include West Frisian sizze, Danish sige.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [siː]

### Verb

sai
* (Föhr-Amrum) to say

#### Conjugation
## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* sae, say (obsolete)

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈsaj/ [ˈsaɪ̯]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈsaj/
* Rhymes: -aj
* Hyphenation: sai

### Verb

sai
* inflection of sair:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

## Shoshone
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /saɪ/

### Noun

sai
* temporary bridge (e.g. a log lying across a stream).

### References

* shoshoniproject.utah.edu

## Solon
### Noun

sai
* tea

#### References

* Bayarma Khabtagaeva, Dagur Elements in Solon Evenki, 2012.

## Ternate
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈsa.i]

### Verb

sai
* (intransitve) to blow

#### Conjugation
### References

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

## Veps
### Etymology

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

### Noun

sai
* wedding

#### Inflection
### References

* Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “свадьба”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

## Vietnamese
### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [saːj˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [saːj˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [ʂaːj˧˧] ~ [saːj˧˧]
* Audio (Saigon):(file)

### Etymology 1

Sino-Vietnamese word from 差 (“difference; discrepancy”).

#### Adjective

sai
* (of people or things people do) not right, correct or proper; wrong, incorrect, improper, inaccurate, imprecise, erroneous, etc.
    Antonym: đúng
    làm sai ― to get something wrong or do something wrong; to err
    Làm sai thì phải nhận.When you're wrong, own your mistake.
    Tao (làm) sai hai câu.I got two answers wrong.
    Em biết em sai, mong anh tha thứ.I know I was wrong / what I did was wrong, please forgive me.
    sai số ― a margin of error

##### See also

* trật

#### Verb

sai
* to give an order; to order
    Có giỏi thì làm, đừng có đứng đó sai người ta !Do it if you think you're so good, don't just stand there bossing others around!
** 1920, Trần Trọng Kim, Việt Nam sử lược‎, volume II, Trung Bắc Tân Văn, page 130:Vua Càn-long nghe lời tâu ấy sai Tôn sĩ Nghị khởi quân bốn tỉnh Quảng-đông, Quảng-tây, Quí-châu, Vân-nam, đem sang đánh Tây-sơn.When the Qianlong Emperor heard this petition, he ordered Sun Shiyi to take the troops of the four provinces of Guangdong, Guangzhou, Guizhou, and Yunnan and bring them to fight the Tây Sơn.

##### Derived terms

* sai bảo
* sai khiến
* tay sai

### Etymology 2

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

#### Adjective

sai • (𡗂, 差, 絺, 縒)
* (of trees) fruitful
    sai quả/trái ― fruitful

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [saj]

### Noun

sai
* penis

### References

* Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “sai”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon

## Zhuang
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʑaːjᴬ (“male”). Cognate with Thai ชาย (chaai), Northern Thai ᨩᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຊາຍ (sāi), Lü ᦋᦻ (tsaay), Shan ၸၢႆး (tsáai), Tai Nüa ᥓᥣᥭᥰ (tsäay), Ahom 𑜋𑜩 (chay).

#### Noun

sai (Sawndip forms 𪟞 or 仔 or 哉 or 腮 or 偲, 1957–1982 spelling sai)
* male; man; boy; fellow

##### Derived terms

* bouxsai
* lansai
* lwgsai

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Tai *saːjᴬ (“cord; string”). Cognate with Thai สาย (sǎai), Lao ສາຍ (sāi).

#### Noun

sai (Sawndip forms 𧛷 or 緦 or 腮 or 哉 or 𬗹 or 彩, 1957–1982 spelling sai)
* band; belt; ribbon

##### Derived terms

* saidox
* saidoengz
* saigvaq
* saigyoeng
* saiheux
* saihoz
* saihwet
* sailwed
* saimaecik
* saimba
* sainyouh
* sairaemx
* saisengj
* saivaq

### Etymology 3

* This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “related to Cantonese 嘥 (saai$^1$)?”

#### Verb

sai (Sawndip forms 浉 or 筛, 1957–1982 spelling sai)
* to waste; to squander
* to lose (through damage or death)

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

sai (Sawndip form 浉, 1957–1982 spelling sai)
* to pour (wine)

### Etymology 5
#### Verb

sai (Sawndip forms 㩙 or 师, 1957–1982 spelling sai)
* to saw (wood)

### Etymology 6
#### Verb

sai (Sawndip form 𡧳, 1957–1982 spelling sai)
* (dialectal, of flowers) to bloom