fai

See also: FAI, fái, Fäi, fāi, fa'i, and fā'i

Aromanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Albanian faj. (Can this(+) etymology be sourced?)

Noun

fai f (plural fãi)

  1. fault; sin

Synonyms

Asturian

Verb

fai

  1. third-person singular present indicative of faer
  2. second-person singular imperative of faer

Galician

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /faj/

Verb

fai

  1. inflection of facer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative
  2. (reintegrationist norm) inflection of fazer:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • fazer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • facer” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈfaj/
  • Rhymes: -aj
  • Hyphenation: fài

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Alternative forms

  • fa' (imperative)

Verb

fai

  1. inflection of fare:
    1. second-person singular present
    2. second-person singular imperative

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

fai m

  1. plural of faio

Anagrams

Ladin

Noun

fai

  1. plural of fal

Li'o

Noun

fai

  1. woman

References

  • P. Sawardo, Struktur bahasa Lio (1987) (fai / ata fai)
  • Louise Baird, A Grammar of Kéo: An Austronesian Language of East Nusantara (2002) (fai)

Maybrat

Noun

fai

  1. woman

References

  • A Grammar of Maybrat: A Language of the Bird's Head Peninsula, Papua Province, Indonesia (2007)

Ngadha

Noun

fai

  1. woman

References

  • Southeast Asian Journal of Social Science (2002): The Ngadha idiom is fai weta, [...] (fai is 'woman' or 'wife')
  • Stephanus Djawanai, Ngadha Text Tradition: The Collective Mind of the Ngadha (1983), page 102

Romansch

Etymology

From Latin fidem.

Noun

fai f (plural fais)

  1. faith

Sardinian

Verb

fai (Campidanese)

  1. Alternative form of fàghere (to do; make)

Ternate

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈfa.i]

Verb

fai

  1. (intransitive) to dig

Conjugation

Conjugation of fai
Singular Plural
Inclusive Exclusive
1st tofai fofai mifai
2nd nofai nifai
3rd Masculine ofai ifai, yofai
Feminine mofai
Neuter ifai
- archaic

References

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

Tetum

Etymology

From *bayi.

Verb

fai

  1. to pound
  2. to crash into

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈha.i]
  • Hyphenation: fa‧i

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *fai. Cognates include Maori whai and Samoan fai.

Verb

fai

  1. (transitive) to do
  2. (transitive) to make
  3. (transitive) to fetch
  4. (transitive) to install
  5. (transitive) to repair
  6. (transitive) to manufacture
  7. (transitive) to be adopted
  8. (transitive, of clothes) to wear
  9. (transitive, of orders) to give

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *fai. Cognates include Tongan fai and Samoan fai.

Verb

fai

  1. (transitive) to rehearse
  2. (transitive) to perform

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *fai. Cognates include Tongan fai and Samoan fai.

Verb

fai

  1. (transitive) to be in progress

Etymology 4

Te fai (4.1).
Te fai (5.1).
Te fai (5.2).

From Proto-Polynesian *fai. Cognates include Maori whai and Samoan fai.

Noun

fai

  1. whipray of the genus Himantura

Etymology 5

Borrowed from Samoan faʻi.

Noun

fai

  1. banana tree
  2. banana fruit

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 51

Welsh

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vai̯/

Noun

fai

  1. Soft mutation of bai.

Verb

fai

  1. Soft mutation of bai.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
bai fai mai unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Makian

Etymology 1

Cognate with Ternate hai (centipede).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸa.i/

Noun

fai

  1. a millipede, milliped

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸa.i/

Noun

fai

  1. shoulder

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈɸa.i/

Noun

fai

  1. wing
    Synonym: payapaya

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics (as fáy and fay)

Zhuang

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *hwa:jᴬ. Cognate with Thai ฝาย (fǎai), Northern Thai ᨺᩣ᩠ᨿ, Lao ຝາຍ (fāi), ᦚᦻ (ḟaay), Shan ၽၢႆ (phǎai) or ၾၢႆ (fǎai), Bouyei waail.

Pronunciation

Noun

fai (Sawndip forms 𭎶 or 𰄂 or ⿰土非 or or 𣳢 or ⿰氵⿱正⿰正正 or ⿰木⿱正⿰正正 or 𫮏 or ⿰洡𠂢 or or , 1957–1982 spelling fai)

  1. dam
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