haai

== Afrikaans == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦɑːi/ === Etymology 1 === From Dutch haai, from Middle Dutch haeye. ==== Noun ==== haai (plural haaie) A shark. === Etymology 2 === Compare English hi. ==== Interjection ==== haai hi, hello == Dutch == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ɦaːi̯/ Hyphenation: haai Rhymes: -aːi̯ === Etymology 1 === From Middle Dutch haeye, from Old Norse hár (“shark”), with the /j/ appearing influenced by the declined forms /hajə(n)/. Probably from Proto-Germanic *hanh-u-, related to *hakô (“hook”), referring to the shark's back fin. Cognate with Swedish haj, and German Hai. ==== Noun ==== haai m (plural haaien, diminutive haaitje n) a shark, fish of the superorder Selachimorpha (sometimes also including certain extinct shark-like members of the Elasmobranchii outside this superorder) a ruthless person a greedy person ===== Derived terms ===== ===== Descendants ===== Afrikaans: haai → German: Hai → West Frisian: haai === Etymology 2 === Deverbal from haaien (“to lean”). ==== Noun ==== haai m (plural haaien, diminutive haaitje n) (obsolete, East and West Flanders) turn, angle, incline. ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 3 === A cant term. From haaien (“to play the boss”), from haai (“shark”). ==== Adjective ==== haai (comparative haaier, superlative haaist) (slang, dated) big, strong, firm; fortified (dated) smart, clever, crafty (slang, dated) fine, good ===== Derived terms ===== === References === == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Noun === haai m obsolete typography of håi; (non-standard since 2012) definite singular of hå == West Frisian == === Etymology === (This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.) === Noun === haai c (plural haaien, diminutive haaike) shark ==== Derived terms ==== haaimoanne ==== Further reading ==== “haai (I)”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011