ai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"

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Etymology 1

Originated 1685–95, from Brazilian Portuguese aí, from Old Tupi a'y.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɑ.i/

• Audio (US):

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Noun

ai (plural ais or ai)

1. A type of three-toed sloth, Bradypus tridactylus, endemic to forests of southern Venezuela, the Guianas, and northern Brazil.

Synonyms

• (Bradypus tridactylus): maned sloth

See also

• unau (two-toed sloth)

References

• “ai”, in The American Heritage Dictionary of the English Language, 4th edition, Boston, Mass.: Houghton Mifflin, 2000, →ISBN.
• “ai”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Further reading

• ai on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Bradypus tridactylus on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

Etymology 2

Contraction of aight (which itself is a contraction of all right).

Alternative forms

• aii

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aɪ/

• Audio (US):

  (file)

• Rhymes: -aɪ
• Homophones: ay, aye, I, eye

Contraction

ai

1. (slang, US) All right.

   Ai, let's go.

Anagrams

• -ia, IA, i.a.

Abau

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aj/

Noun

ai class II gender mf

1. fish (general term)
2. food, meat for consumption

Usage notes

Generally feminine for sense "fish", potentially masculine for sense "food".

References

• Lock, Arjen (2011), Abau Grammar (Data Papers on Papua New Guinea Languages)‎, 1st edition, volume 57, Ukarumpa, Papua New Guinea: SIL-PNG Academic Publications
  • p.62 (feminine gender noted for all fish)
  • p.67, Table 21 (listed under Class 2, Feminine)
• SIL International (2020), “Abau Dictionary”, in Webonary.org‎

Akei

Noun

ai

1. water

References

• Sidney Herbert Ray, A comparative study of the Melanesian Island languages (1926), page 351