kwai

== English == === Noun === kwai (plural kwai) Alternative form of kuai (“yuan, Chinese currency”). === See also === kwai muk === Anagrams === Kawi == Hadza == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʷaʔi/ === Noun === kwai m (masc. plural kwaibii, fem. kwaiko, fem. plural kwaibee) (Note: the form after a determiner is kwai) warthog ==== Related terms ==== hatchâ == Japanese == === Romanization === kwai Rōmaji transcription of くわい == Wala == === Noun === kwai water === Further reading === Jesse Lovegren, Alice Mitchell, and Natsuko Nakagawa, The Wala language of Malaita, Solomon Islands (2015) == Ye'kwana == === Alternative forms === chai (allomorph after i) === Etymology === From Proto-Cariban [Term?]. Compare Apalaí kuae, Hixkaryana kwaye, Macushi kapai, and Waiwai kway. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [kʷaj] === Postposition === kwai through, by; indicates motion by way of an aquatic object ==== Usage notes ==== This postposition cannot take person markers to indicate its object. ==== See also ==== === References === Cáceres, Natalia (2011), Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎[1], Lyon, pages 267–272