pai

See also: Appendix:Variations of "pai"

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Translingual

Etymology

From English Pai.

Symbol

pai

1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Pe.

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Pe terms

Aragonese

Etymology

From Latin pater, patrem.

Noun

pai m

1. father

Bakumpai

Noun

pai

1. foot, leg

Balinese

Alternative forms

• pahi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *paʀih, from Proto-Austronesian *paʀiS.

Noun

pai (Balinese script ᬧᬳᬶ)

1. stingray

References

• “pai”, in Balinese–Indonesian Dictionary [Kamus Bahasa Bali–Indonesia] (in Balinese), Denpasar, Indonesia: The Linguistic Center of Bali Province [Balai Bahasa Provinsi Bali]

Big Nambas

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /pai/

Noun

pai

1. yam
2. year

References

• Big Nambas Grammar Pacific Linguistics - G.J. Fox

Central Sama

Etymology

From Proto-Sama-Bajaw *paray, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *pajay, from Proto-Austronesian *pajay (“rice plant”).

Noun

pai

1. rice (plant)

Finnish

Etymology

English pie

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpɑi̯/, [ˈpɑ̝i̯]
• Rhymes: -ɑi
• Syllabification^(key): pai
• Hyphenation^(key): pai

Noun

pai

1. (American) pie

Declension

Inflection of pai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		pai	pait
genitive		pain	paiden paitten
partitive		paita	paita
illative		paihin	paihin
		singular	plural
nominative		pai	pait
accusative	nom.	pai	pait
	gen.	pain
genitive		pain	paiden paitten
partitive		paita	paita
inessive		paissa	paissa
elative		paista	paista
illative		paihin	paihin
adessive		pailla	pailla
ablative		pailta	pailta
allative		paille	paille
essive		paina	paina
translative		paiksi	paiksi
abessive		paitta	paitta
instructive		—	pain
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of pai (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative paini paini accusative nom. paini paini gen. paini genitive paini paideni paitteni partitive paitani paitani inessive paissani paissani elative paistani paistani illative paihini paihini adessive paillani paillani ablative pailtani pailtani allative pailleni pailleni essive painani painani translative paikseni paikseni abessive paittani paittani instructive — — comitative — paineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative paisi paisi accusative nom. paisi paisi gen. paisi genitive paisi paidesi paittesi partitive paitasi paitasi inessive paissasi paissasi elative paistasi paistasi illative paihisi paihisi adessive paillasi paillasi ablative pailtasi pailtasi allative paillesi paillesi essive painasi painasi translative paiksesi paiksesi abessive paittasi paittasi instructive — — comitative — painesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative paimme paimme accusative nom. paimme paimme gen. paimme genitive paimme paidemme paittemme partitive paitamme paitamme inessive paissamme paissamme elative paistamme paistamme illative paihimme paihimme adessive paillamme paillamme ablative pailtamme pailtamme allative paillemme paillemme essive painamme painamme translative paiksemme paiksemme abessive paittamme paittamme instructive — — comitative — painemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative painne painne accusative nom. painne painne gen. painne genitive painne paidenne paittenne partitive paitanne paitanne inessive paissanne paissanne elative paistanne paistanne illative paihinne paihinne adessive paillanne paillanne ablative pailtanne pailtanne allative paillenne paillenne essive painanne painanne translative paiksenne paiksenne abessive paittanne paittanne instructive — — comitative — painenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative painsa painsa accusative nom. painsa painsa gen. painsa genitive painsa paidensa paittensa partitive paitaan paitansa paitaan paitansa inessive paissaan paissansa paissaan paissansa elative paistaan paistansa paistaan paistansa illative paihinsa paihinsa adessive paillaan paillansa paillaan paillansa ablative pailtaan pailtansa pailtaan pailtansa allative pailleen paillensa pailleen paillensa essive painaan painansa painaan painansa translative paikseen paiksensa paikseen paiksensa abessive paittaan paittansa paittaan paittansa instructive — — comitative — paineen painensa

Further reading

• “pai”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 3 July 2023

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese pay, from padre, from Latin pater (“father”), from Proto-Indo-European *ph₂tḗr (“father”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈpaj/

Noun

pai m (plural pais)

1. father

   Coida meu pai que me ten / debaixo do pé dereito: / Fanlle a cama no sobrado: / non sabe cando me deito. (folk song)

   My dad thinks that he keeps me under his right foot; but he sleeps up in the upper floor and doesn't know when I go to bed.

2. (in the plural) parents

Derived terms

• paiciño (hypocoristic)

Related terms

• madre
• mai
• nai
• padre
• Pai

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “pai”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “pai”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “pai”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Guinea-Bissau Creole

Etymology

From Portuguese pai. Cognate with Kabuverdianu pai.

Noun

pai

1. father

Indo-Portuguese

Etymology

Inherited from Portuguese pai.

Noun

pai (plural pai pai) (attested in Daman and Diu, Sri Lanka)

1. father (male parent)
   • 1883, Hugo Schuchardt, Kreolische Studien, volume 3:

     Já fallou par su pai aquêl mais piquin, […] (Daman and Diu)

     The youngest one told his father […]

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈpai̯/ [ˈpai̯]
• Rhymes: -ai̯
• Syllabification: pai

Etymology 1

Borrowed from English pie.

Noun

pai (plural pai-pai)

1. (cooking) pie (type of pastry)

   Synonym: pastei

Derived terms

• pai apel
• pai buah
• pai daging
• pai Lorraine
• pai susu

• kue pai

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Oirata [Term?].

Noun

pai (plural pai-pai)

1. arguing people

Further reading

• “pai”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

pai

1. Rōmaji transcription of パイ