gais

From Proto-Tai *kajᴮ (“chicken”). Cognate with ไก่ (gài), Northern Thai ᨠᩱ᩵ (kai), Lao ໄກ່ (kai), Lü ᦺᦂᧈ (k̇ay¹), Tai Dam ꪼꪀ꪿, Shan ၵႆႇ (kài), Tai Nüa ᥐᥭᥱ (kǎy), Aiton ကႝ (kay), Ahom 𑜀𑜩 (kay), Zhuang gaeq, Saek ไก. Also compare Middle Chinese 雞 (MC kej, “chicken”).

• IPA^(key): /kɐi˧˥/

gais

1. chicken

• duezgais

gais

1. plural of gai

gais

1. plural of gai

• IPA^(key): /ɡɛ/
• Homophones: gai, gaie, gaies, gay, gays
• Rhymes: -ɛ

gais

1. masculine plural of gai

• agis

• IPA^(key): /ɡaʃ/

gais

1. inflection of gas:
   1. vocative/genitive singular
   2. nominative/dative plural

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “doublet of gaz?”)

• (Lesser Poland):
  • (Goral):
    • (Żywiec) IPA^(key): /ˈɡa.is/

gais m inan

1. (Żywiec) synonym of nafta

• Leon Rzeszowski (1891) “gais”, in “Spis wyrazów ludowych z okolic Żywca”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności, volume 4, Krakow: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 355

• IPA^(key): /ˈɡais/ [ˈɡai̯s]
• Rhymes: -ais
• Syllabification: gais

gais

1. plural of gay

gais

1. plural of gay

• IPA^(key): /ɡai̯s/

gais

1. soft mutation of cais

gais

1. soft mutation of cais