sakai
English
Etymology
From Malay sakai, Semai mensakai ("work together"), which refers to the indigenous Senoi people of Malaysia and other Orang Asli tribes. In Thailand, the word Thai ซาไก (“saagai”), used for the indigenous Maniq people, means "barbarous" or "a slave".
Noun
sakai (plural sakais)
- (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) an Orang Asli person.
- (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) an uncultured person; a fool.
- 2021, Rojak Daily[1]:
- The word "sakai" is defined as "orang yang di bawah perintah, orang bawahan yang boleh disuruh-suruh", which translates to "a person that is ruled or a subordinate who can be commanded".
Synonyms
Central Melanau
Etymology
From (Western) Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *sakay (“stranger; visitor, guest”). Compare Bintulu sakay (“with; friend, companion”), Cebuano sangkay (“buddy, pal”), Waray-Waray sangkay (“friend”).
Noun
sakai
Japanese
Romanization
sakai
Lithuanian
Verb
sakai
- second-person singular present of sakyti
Malay
Etymology
From Semai mensakai ("work together"), East Austroasiatic. In Thailand, the word Thai ซาไก (“saagai”), used for the indigenous Maniq people, means "barbarous" or "a slave".
Noun
sakai (plural sakai-sakai)
- (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) an Orang Asli person.
- (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) an unsophisticated person.
- (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) a subordinate.
Mokilese
Noun
sakai
Inflection
singular | plural | |
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demonstrative forms | ||
1st person (near speaker) |
sakaie | sakaikai |
2nd person (near hearer) |
sakaien | sakaiken |
3rd person (near neither speaker nor hearer) |
sakaio | sakaiok |
article forms | ||
indefinite | sakaioaw | sakaipwi |
definite | sakaiwa |