Isai

isai
=== Etymology ===
from sai "be, exist", akin to sha
==== verb ====
# I call, name, give a name to
#* binyi isai Bele I name my baby Bele, "Virtuous".
# I address a person as name/pronoun/epithet/word, I call
#* Ajaseh yehwi ise I call myself Ajas. 
#* Ajiheh zuhwu isa You call yourself Aji.
#* zuhwu isa ma What do you call yourself?
# I am in essence
# (of a word) I mean; have a certain denotation, connotation, and nuance
===== Usage notes =====
Although isai and ise are both first-person present tense forms, they carry distinct nuances. Isai indicates the single act of assigning a name to an infant, that is, it indicates perfective aspect, whereas ise indicates the habit of addressing someone in a particular manner or with a particular name, that is, it indicates (habitual) imperfective aspect.
Category:Factives
==== Substantive ====
# name, appellation, the word by which a person calls himself/herself
# title, honorific address
# (grammar) a word that denotes a concrete entity or an abstract concept; a word that names entities, concepts, and their classes; substantive; comprises nouns and adjectives
Category:Substantives