hai-

Hawaiian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *fai

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˌhai̯./, [ˌhɐj.], [ˌhɛj.] (rapid speech)

Prefix

hai-

  1. used to form causative verbs
    ‎hai- + ‎lawe (“take”) → ‎hailawe (“exchange”)

Derived terms

Hawaiian terms prefixed with hai-
hailawe
hailuku

References

  • Elbert, Samuel H., Pukui, Mary Kawena (1979) Hawaiian Grammar, Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 70

Swahili

Prefix

hai-

  1. it does not, they do not; mi class(IV)/n class(IX) negative subject concord
    Antonym: i-

See also

Swahili verbal concords (third person)
class subject concord object concord relative
affirmative negative
m(I) a-, yu- ha-, hayu- -m-, -mw-, -mu- -ye
wa(II) wa- hawa- -wa- -o
m(III) u- hau- -u- -o
mi(IV) i- hai- -i- -yo
ji(V) li- hali- -li- -lo
ma(VI) ya- haya- -ya- -yo
ki(VII) ki- haki- -ki- -cho
vi(VIII) vi- havi- -vi- -vyo
n(IX) i- hai- -i- -yo
n(X) zi- hazi- -zi- -zo
u(XI) u- hau- -u- -o
ku(XV/XVII) ku- haku- -ku- -ko
pa(XVI) pa- hapa- -pa- -po
mu(XVIII) m-, mw-, mu- ham-, hamw-, hamu- -mu- -mo

For a full table including first and second person,
see Appendix:Swahili personal pronouns

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