alai

== Basque == === Etymology === There are two hypotheses concerning the origin of this word: A back-formation from the adverb alaikiro (“happily, merrily”), itself from Latin alacer. From Spanish alhaja (“jewel”), with the final -a being reinterpreted as an article. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alai̯/ [a.lai̯] Rhymes: -alai̯, -ai̯ Hyphenation: a‧lai === Adjective === alai (comparative alaiago, superlative alaien, excessive alaiegi) joyous, happy ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== jai alai === References === === Further reading === “alai”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language] “alai”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005 == Franco-Provençal == === Verb === alai (Valdôtain, Graphie BREL) Alternative form of alar (“to go”) documented in the following location(s): Fontainemore == Hanunoo == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ʔalaˈʔi/ [ʔa.laˈʔi] Rhymes: -i Syllabification: a‧la‧i === Noun === alaí (Hanunoo spelling ᜠᜮᜡ) cry, moan, or sob of pain === Further reading === Conklin, Harold C. (1953), Hanunóo-English Vocabulary (University of California Publications in Linguistics), volume 9, London, England: University of California Press, →OCLC, page 24 == Iban == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /alai/ === Noun === alai place Synonym: endur == Italian == === Verb === alai first-person singular past historic of alare === Anagrams === L'Aia == Latvian == === Noun === alai f dative singular of ala == Portuguese == === Verb === alai second-person plural imperative of alar == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish آلای (alay), from Byzantine Greek ἀλάγιον (alágion). === Noun === alai n (plural alaiuri) crowd that follows a ceremony ==== Declension ==== == Unami == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Verb === alai (VAI (animate-subject intransitive)) to hunt ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Rementer, Jim with Pearson, Bruce L. (2005), “alai”, in Grant Leneaux, Raymond Whritenour, editors, The Lenape Talking Dictionary, The Lenape Language Preservation Project