hai

Symbol

hai

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Haida.

Etymology

A purposeful misspelling.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhaɪ̯/

• Audio (US):

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Interjection

hai

1. (Internet slang) Hi.
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     As her famously no-BS longtime PT Don Saladino, who has a next-level celeb roster (oh HAIII, Anne Hathaway and Emily Blunt!), told WH: ‘It’s about improving your body’s resilience and energy […] making sure we’re optimising everything we do’.

Anagrams

• AIH, HIA, ahi

Interjection

hai

1. yes

Noun

hai

1. fire

References

• Robert Lee Litteral, Features of Angor Discourse (1980)

Numeral

hai

1. four

References

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

Verb

hai

1. third-person singular present indicative of haber

Etymology

< Swedish haj (“shark”), < Dutch haai (“shark”)

Noun

hai (genitive hai, partitive haid)

1. shark

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhɑi̯/, [ˈhɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑi
• Hyphenation^(key): hai

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Swedish haj (“shark”), itself from Dutch haai (“shark”) from Old Norse hákarl (“shark”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English high, from high card.

See also

Poker hands in Finnish · käsi, pokerikäsi (layout · text)
hai	pari	kaksi paria	kolmoset, kolme samaa	suora
väri	täyskäsi	neloset, neljä samaa	värisuora	kuningasvärisuora

Anagrams

• hia, iha

Verb

hai

1. first-person singular present active indicative of havoir

Etymology

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese hay, from ha + y, "there is".

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaj]

Verb

hai

1. (reintegrationist norm, less recommended) third-person singular present indicative of haver
2. (impersonal) third-person singular present indicative of haber (there is, there are)

   Hai dous nomes diferentes. ― There are two different names.

Further reading

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “aver”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “hay”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “haber”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega

Interjection

hai

1. let us, 1st person plural imperative

   Hai an·ching nokona re·anga

   Let's go home

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪ̯/

Pronoun

hai m

1. (also Märkisch, Sauerländisch, Eastern Pomeranian in Brazil) he

   [Brazilian] Hai sit dicht am füür.

   He is sitting next to the fire.

Verb

hai

1. to write

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /haɪ/

Interjection

hai

1. hi

Further reading

• “hai” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Alternative forms

• ài (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaj/
• Homophone: ai
• Rhymes: -aj
• Hyphenation: hài

Verb

hai

1. second-person singular present indicative of avere

Anagrams

• ahi

Romanization

hai

1. Rōmaji transcription of はい

Alternative forms

• hāi

Etymology

From Dutch hij. Cognates include Afrikaans hy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hai/, /hɛi/

Pronoun

hai

1. Alternative form of hāi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hai̯/
• Rhymes: -ai̯

Etymology 1

Clipping of wahai.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hi.

Further reading

• “hai” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Romanization

hai

1. Nonstandard spelling of hāi.
2. Nonstandard spelling of hái.
3. Nonstandard spelling of hǎi.
4. Nonstandard spelling of hài.

Noun

hai

1. (playing cards) ace

References

• “hai” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology 4

Etymology 5

Alternative forms

• xai (in older Americanist literature)

Etymology

From Proto-Athabaskan *x̣αy. Related to the root -HAI (“a winter or a year passes”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [xɑj]

• Audio:

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Noun

hai

1. winter

   Haigo deeskʼaaz łeh. ― It’s usually cold in the winter.

See also

Adjective

hai

1. big

Etymology

From Dutch haai.

Noun

hai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haier, definite plural haiene)

1. a shark

References

• “hai” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Etymology

From Dutch haai, from Old Norse hár, whence also hå.

Noun

hai m (definite singular haien, indefinite plural haiar, definite plural haiane)

1. a shark

   Synonym: hå

References

• “hai” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Etymology

Clipping of haide.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [haj]

• Audio:

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Interjection

hai

1. (with subjunctives) let's

   hai să mergem

   let's go

Alternative forms

• hei (Puter, Vallader)

Interjection

hai

1. (Vallader) yes (used to indicate agreement with the speaker in a conversation)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈai/ [ˈai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai
• Syllabification: hai

Verb

hai

1. (archaic, impersonal third-person singular indicative present of haber) there is, there are

   Synonym: hay

   Hai dos tiendas que venden películas.

   There are two stores that sell films.

Etymology

Borrowed from Arabic حَيّ (ḥayy).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

hai (invariable)

1. alive (not dead)
2. organic (living)

Pronunciation

• (Thạch An – Tràng Định) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]
• (Trùng Khánh) IPA^(key): [haːj˦˥]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Tai *ʰŋaːjᴬ; cognate with Lao ຫງາຍ (ngāi), Shan ငၢႆ (ngǎai), Thai หงาย (ngǎai).

Etymology 2

References

• Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Tuấn Nam (2003) Hoàng Triều Ân, editor, Từ điển chữ Nôm Tày [A Dictionary of (chữ) Nôm Tày]‎ (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Khoa học Xã hội
• Hoàng Văn Ma, Lục Văn Pảo, Hoàng Chí (2006) Từ điển Tày-Nùng-Việt [Tay-Nung-Vietnamese dictionary] (in Vietnamese), Hanoi: Nhà xuất bản Từ điển Bách khoa Hà Nội
• Lương Bèn (2011) Từ điển Tày-Việt [Tay-Vietnamese dictionary]‎ (in Vietnamese), Thái Nguyên: Nhà Xuất bản Đại học Thái Nguyên

Etymology

Cognate with West Makian fai (“millipede”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈha.i/

Noun

hai

1. centipede

References

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

Etymology

From English hi.

Interjection

hai

1. hello

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *kayu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *kahiw, from Proto-Austronesian *kaSiw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɣai/

Noun

hai

1. tree

Further reading

• Malcolm Ross, Proto Oceanic and the Austronesian Languages of Western Melanesia, Pacific Linguistics, series C-98 (1988)
• Johnston, R.L. 1982. "Proto-Kimbe and the New Guinea Oceanic hypothesis". In Halim, A., Carrington, L. and Wurm, S.A. editors. Papers from the Third International Conference on Austronesian Linguistics, Vol. 1: Currents in Oceanic, 59-95.

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [haːj˧˧]

• Audio (Hà Nội):

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Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *haːr, from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɓaar (or some variant presented by Proto-Palaungic *ləʔaːr, Khasi ar, Central Nicobarese [Nancowry] âṅ; Shorto reconstructed Pre-Mon-Khmer *biʔaar). Cognate with Muong hal, Khmer ពីរ (pii), Bahnar 'bar, Pacoh bar, Khasi ar, Mon ၜါ, Santali ᱵᱟᱨ (bar).

Insertion of initial *h in Vietic can also be seen in *huːɲ (“to kiss”) (> Vietnamese hôn), *heːt (“finished”) (> Vietnamese hết), *hanʔ (“he, she, it”) (> Vietnamese hắn), *hoːj (“foul-smelling”) (> Vietnamese hôi), *tŋ-ʔaːm (> Vietnamese hàm, Late Vietic), *hɔːŋʔ (“river, brook”), *haːŋʔ (“to open (mouth)”).

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English hi (“hello”).

Further reinforced/contaminated by the coincidental usage of "two" (see etymology above) fingers when making V sign, therefore Vietnamese speakers would likely make V signs when being told to say "hai"/hi when photographed.

Etymology

From Mandarin 是 (shì).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [he]

Verb

hai

1. to be; the copula:
   1. Indicates that the subject and object are the same.

      je ngu-de huaiqa hai-yek.

      As for this, it is my book.

      (Quoted in Sandman, p. 133)

   2. Indicates that the subject has the qualities described by a noun or predicate adjective.

      shetek bin~bin-de hai-li.

      The rock is cold.

      (Quoted in Sandman, p. 133)

   Antonym: bai

See also

• yek (“to be at; to exist”)

References

• Erika Sandman (2016) A Grammar of Wutun‎, University of Helsinki (PhD), →ISBN

Etymology

From Chinese 開 (MC khoj).

Pronunciation

• (Standard Zhuang) IPA^(key): /haːi˨˦/
• Tone numbers: hai¹
• Hyphenation: hai

Verb

hai (Sawndip forms 𢵱 or 亥 or 海 or 𰿿, 1957–1982 spelling hai)

1. to open

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Etymology 3

Etymology 4

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 62