aai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "aai"

Translingual

Symbol

aai

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Arifama-Miniafia.

Afrikaans

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɑːi/

Noun

aai (plural aaie)

  1. a caress, pat or stroke

Verb

aai (present aai, present participle aaiende, past participle geaai)

  1. to caress, pat or stroke

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /aːi̯/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: aai
  • Rhymes: -aːi̯

Etymology 1

From aaien.

Noun

aai m (plural aaien, diminutive aaitje n)

  1. a stroke or caress
  2. (dated, ironic) a pinch; a shove

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

aai

  1. inflection of aaien:
    1. first-person singular present indicative
    2. (in case of inversion) second-person singular present indicative
    3. imperative

Further reading

Mian

Noun

aai

  1. water

References

  • Sebastian Fedden, A Grammar of Mian

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

aai f

  1. obsolete typography of åi; (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of å

West Frisian

Etymology

From Old Frisian *ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm.

Pronunciation

Noun

aai n (plural aaien, diminutive aike or aaike)

  1. egg

Alternative forms

  • aei (superseded)

Further reading

  • aai (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011