pai
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See also: Appendix:Variations of "pai"
Languages (34)
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Symbol
pai
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Etymology
From Latin pater, patrem.
Noun
pai m
Noun
pai
Pronunciation
Noun
pai
References
- Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox
Etymology
From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *paray, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay (“rice plant”).
Noun
pai
- rice (plant)
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pai
Declension
| Inflection of pai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | pai | pait | |
| genitive | pain | paiden paitten | |
| partitive | paita | paita | |
| illative | paihin | paihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | pai | pait | |
| accusative | nom. | pai | pait |
| gen. | pain | ||
| genitive | pain | paiden paitten | |
| partitive | paita | paita | |
| inessive | paissa | paissa | |
| elative | paista | paista | |
| illative | paihin | paihin | |
| adessive | pailla | pailla | |
| ablative | pailta | pailta | |
| allative | paille | paille | |
| essive | paina | paina | |
| translative | paiksi | paiksi | |
| abessive | paitta | paitta | |
| instructive | — | pain | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Further reading
- “pai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03
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Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese pay, from padre, from Latin pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).
Pronunciation
Noun
pai m (plural pais)
- father
- Coida meu pai que me ten / debaixo do pé dereito: / Fanlle a cama no sobrado: / non sabe cando me deito. (folk song)
- My dad thinks that he keeps me under his right foot; but he sleeps up in the upper floor and doesn't know when I go to bed.
- (in the plural) parents
Derived terms
- paiciño (hypocoristic)
Related terms
References
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pai”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pai”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
- Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pai”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN
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Etymology
From Portuguese pai. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pai.
Noun
pai
Etymology
From Portuguese pai (“father”), from Old Galician-Portuguese padre (“father”), from Latin patrem (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).
Noun
pai (plural pai pai)
- father (male parent)
- 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:
- Já fallou par su pai aquêl mais piquin, […]
- The youngest one told his father […]
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
pai (first-person possessive paiku, second-person possessive paimu, third-person possessive painya)
Derived terms
Further reading
- “pai” 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.
Romanization
pai
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