# bai
## Translingual
### Symbol

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

## English
### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

bai (plural bais)
* A marshy meadow in sub-Saharan Africa.
** 2012, David Quammen, Spillover, →ISBN, page 64:Gorillas (and other wildlife) frequent such bais, which are waterlogged and sunny, because of the sodium-rich sedges and asters that grow beneath the open sky.

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bai (uncountable)
* A people of the Yunnan province of China.

### Etymology 3
#### Interjection

bai
* (Internet slang) Eye dialect spelling of bye.

### Etymology 4

Borrowed from Japanese 霾 (bai). First recorded in English in the 1910s.

#### Noun

bai (plural bais)
* A yellow mist occurring in spring and fall in China and Japan, caused by yellow dust blown from central China.

### References

* ↑ “Bai”, in Britannica, 2022 August 4 (last accessed)
* 1 2 “Word of the Day: Bai”, in Dictionary.com, 2023 May 26 (last accessed)
* ↑ “Bai: A mist that occurs in China...”, in Chicago Tribune‎, 1999 September 27, retrieved May 26, 2023

### See also

* chee bai

### Anagrams

* ABI, AIB, Abi, B.I.A., BIA, Bia, IAB, IBA, Iba

## Basque

* This entry is part of the phrasebook project, which presents criteria for inclusion based on utility, simplicity and commonness.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)
* IPA: /bai̯/, [bai̯]

### Interjection

bai
* yes

## Borôro
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bai̯/

### Noun

bai
* house

## Catalan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin badius, possibly via Spanish bayo.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈbaj]
* Rhymes: -aj

### Adjective

bai (feminine baia, masculine plural bais, feminine plural baies)
* bay (colour)

#### Related terms

* baieta

### Further reading

* “bai” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “bai”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “bai” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “bai” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## French
### Etymology

Inherited from Old French [Term?], from Latin badius.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bɛ/

### Adjective

bai (feminine baie, masculine plural bais, feminine plural baies)
* bay (of a reddish-brown colour)

#### Derived terms

* chat bai

### Further reading

* “bai”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Gothic
### Romanization

bai
* Romanization of 𐌱𐌰𐌹

## Iban
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /baiʔ/
* Rhymes: -bai
* Hyphenation: bai

### Verb

bai
* to bring

## Italian
### Adjective

bai
* masculine plural of baio

## Jamaican Creole
### Etymology 1

Derived from English by.

#### Preposition

bai
* by
** 2023, Yuunivorshal Deklarieshan a Yuuman Raits, United Nations, Aatikl 17:Evribadi av di rait fi uon prapati bai demself ar wid ada piipl.Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.(literally, “Everybody have the right to own property by themselves with other people.”)

### Etymology 2

Derived from English buy.

#### Verb

bai
* buy
** 2012, Di Jamiekan Nyuu Testiment, Edinburgh: DJB, published 2012, →ISBN, Matyu 13:46:Wen im fain wan we wot uol iip a moni, im sel evriting we im uon an go bai it.When he found the most expensive pearl ever he went and sold all he had and bought it.(literally, “When [a pearl trader] found one worth a whole heap of money, he sold everything he owned and went to buy it.”)

### Further reading

* bai at majstro.com

## Japanese
### Romanization

bai
* Rōmaji transcription of ばい
* Rōmaji transcription of バイ

## Kabuverdianu
### Alternative forms

* bá (Barlavento)

### Etymology

From Portuguese vai (the third-person singular of ir (to go).

### Verb

bai
* (Sotavento)to go

### References

* Gonçalves, Manuel (2015) Capeverdean Creole-English dictionary, →ISBN
* Veiga, Manuel (2012) Dicionário Caboverdiano-Português, Instituto da Biblioteca Nacional e do Livro

## Mandarin
### Romanization

bai (bai$^5$ / bai$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄅㄞ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 㗑

### Romanization

bai
* Nonstandard spelling of bāi.
* Nonstandard spelling of bái.
* Nonstandard spelling of bǎi.
* Nonstandard spelling of bài.

### 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.

## Manx
### Etymology

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

### Noun

bai m (genitive singular bai, plural baiaghyn)
* slope, bias
* partiality

#### Derived terms

* baiagh
* neuvaiaght

### Mutation

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

## Palauan
### Etymology

From Pre-Palauan *baye, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *balay, from Proto-Austronesian *balay.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bai/

### Noun

bai
* house (abode)
* community meetinghouse

## Pangasinan
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *bahi, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *bahi, from Proto-Austronesian *bahi.

### Noun

bai
* grandmother
    Coordinate term: laki

## Papiamentu
### Etymology

From Portuguese vai (the third-person singular of ir (to go) and Spanish vaya and Kabuverdianu bai.

### Verb

bai
* to go
* to walk

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈba.i/
* Rhymes: -ai
* Syllabification: ba‧i

### Noun

bai f
* genitive/dative/locative singular of baja

## Rennellese
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *wai, from Proto-Oceanic *waiʀ, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *waiʀ, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *wahiʀ.

### Noun

bai
* water (clear liquid H₂O)

## Rohingya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba͡i/

### Preposition

bai
* along.
* through.

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from Hungarian baj, from Serbo-Croatian boj (“battle”), from Proto-Slavic *bojь.

### Noun

bai n (plural baiuri)
* (Transylvania) trouble

#### Declension
## Sakizaya
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ba.ˈi/, [ba.ˈi]

### Noun

bai
* grandmother

## Sika
### Noun

bai
* woman

### References

* Austronesian Comparative Dictionary: bai
* ABVD: wai

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

From English buy.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bai̯/

### Verb

bai
* to buy

#### Derived terms

* baiman (“buyer”)

## Tày
### Pronunciation

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

### Etymology 1
#### Noun

bai
* a type of hoe
    au bai bjai nhả ― use the hoe to cut grass
    bai xu ― pickaxe

#### Verb

bai
* to hoe
    bai đin ― to hoe dirt

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

bai
* ladle
    Synonyms: bôi, buôi, pèo
    bai nặm keng ― broth ladle

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

bai
* to mix
    khẩu nua bai thúa ― sticky riced mixed with beans

### Etymology 4
#### Verb

bai
* to block; to cover

### References

* Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên
* Léopold Michel Cadière (1910) Dictionnaire Tày-Annamite-Français [Tày-Vietnamese-French Dictionary]‎ (in French), Hanoi: Impressions d'Extrême-Orient

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

* IPA: [ˈba.i]

#### Verb

bai
* (transitive) to show

##### Conjugation
### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈba.i]

#### Noun

bai
* any of species Etelis carbunculus and Etelis radiosus of snappers.

#### References

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

## Tok Pisin
### Alternative forms

* baimbai (archaic)

### Etymology

From English by and by.

### Particle

bai
* will; to be going (to do something); marks future tense.
** 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:26:Bihain God i tok olsem, “Nau yumi wokim ol manmeri bai ol i kamap olsem yumi yet. Bai yumi putim ol i stap bos bilong ol pis na ol pisin na bilong olgeta kain animal na bilong olgeta samting bilong graun.”Then God said, "Now let us make people who will become like us. We'll put them in charge of the fish and the birds, of all kinds of animals and of all things on the ground."
* so that; to; introducing purposive clauses with a different subject from the matrix clause.
    Mi laik bai yu stap bel isi.I want you to feel safe/relaxed.
    Na ol i save askim mi long mekim stretpela pasin long ol na stap klostu long ol, bai em i ken amamas.And they always ask me to treat them justly and stay close to them so that they may feel secure.

#### See also

Tok Pisin tense and aspect markers:
* pinis (completive aspect)
* bin (past tense)
* stap (progressive aspect or durative aspect)
* save (habitual aspect)
* bai/baimbai (future tense)

## Tyap
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bai/

### Verb

bai
* to come

## Volapük
### Preposition

bai
* according

#### Derived terms

* baiot

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /bai̯/
* Rhymes: -ai̯

### Noun

bai m (plural beiau)
* blame
    Synonym: methiant
    Arnat ti roedd y bai.You were to blame.(literally, “The blame was upon you.”)

#### Derived terms

* ar fai (“to blame”)
* syrthio ar ei fai (“to acknowledge fault”)
* taro'r bai ar (“to put the blame on, to blame”)

### Verb

bai
* third-person singular imperfect subjunctive of bod
    Synonyms: basai, byddai, tasai, tai

### Mutation

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