sakai

See also: Sakai and šakai

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)

  1. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) an Orang Asli person.
  2. (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

  1. friend

Japanese

Romanization

sakai

  1. Rōmaji transcription of さかい

Lithuanian

Verb

sakai

  1. 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)

  1. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) an Orang Asli person.
  2. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) an unsophisticated person.
  3. (slang, offensive, ethnic slur) a subordinate.

Mokilese

Noun

sakai

  1. rock
  2. coral

Inflection

Forms of sakai
singular plural
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

Derived terms