"vai" meaning in Ingrian

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      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Finnic *vai",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "fi",
        "2": "vai"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish vai",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "et",
        "2": "või"
      },
      "expansion": "Estonian või",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *vai. Cognate with Finnish vai and Estonian või.",
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  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "vai"
  ],
  "lang": "Ingrian",
  "lang_code": "izh",
  "pos": "conj",
  "related": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "english": "only; but",
      "word": "vaa"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "On which side of the students are the windows - on the right or on the left?",
          "ref": "1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:",
          "text": "Kummaas poolees oppilapsist ovat ikkunat - oikiaas vai kuras?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Is that so or isn't it?",
          "ref": "1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 12:",
          "text": "Onko se niin vai ei oo?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "or"
      ],
      "id": "en-vai-izh-conj-cXVRejcL",
      "links": [
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          "or",
          "or"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "or",
          "word": "ehki"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "100 0",
          "sense": "or",
          "word": "tali"
        },
        {
          "_dis1": "98 2",
          "sense": "or; folk poetic",
          "word": "eli"
        }
      ]
    },
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          "name": "Ingrian entries with incorrect language header",
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          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Myself I started to ask him: // »What are you carving, my brother dear, // Are you carving a warship?»",
          "ref": "1916, Volmari Porkka, “1576. [Soikkola]. III443b”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot, volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 16-18:",
          "text": "Itse käin kyselömmää: // »Mitä vessät velvyeen, // Vai vessät sotivennooja?»",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then they didn't give you anything to eat, to drink?",
          "ref": "1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 86:",
          "text": "Vai siis siulle syyvvä, juuvva ei annettu?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "He shouts: „Why are you pushing?\nDo you want to taste the whip, perchance?“",
          "ref": "1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46:",
          "text": "Hää mörnää: „Mitä lykit siä?\nVai maistaa tahot pleettiä?“",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to introduce polar questions, especially rhetorical ones."
      ],
      "id": "en-vai-izh-conj-Yr0Ggxi2",
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          "polar question",
          "polar question#English"
        ],
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          "rhetorical",
          "rhetorical#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋɑi̯/",
      "tags": [
        "Ala-Laukaa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʋɑi̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Ala-Laukaa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋɑi̯/",
      "tags": [
        "Soikkola"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʋɑi̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Soikkola"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑi̯"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vai"
}

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    "Ingrian terms inherited from Proto-Finnic",
    "Ingrian terms with IPA pronunciation",
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    "Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑi̯",
    "Rhymes:Ingrian/ɑi̯/1 syllable"
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      },
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      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
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        "1": "fi",
        "2": "vai"
      },
      "expansion": "Finnish vai",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
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        "1": "et",
        "2": "või"
      },
      "expansion": "Estonian või",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Proto-Finnic *vai. Cognate with Finnish vai and Estonian või.",
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    "vai"
  ],
  "lang": "Ingrian",
  "lang_code": "izh",
  "pos": "conj",
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    {
      "english": "only; but",
      "word": "vaa"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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      "categories": [
        "Ingrian terms with quotations"
      ],
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        {
          "english": "On which side of the students are the windows - on the right or on the left?",
          "ref": "1936, L. G. Terehova, V. G. Erdeli, translated by Mihailov and P. I. Maksimov, Geografia: oppikirja iƶoroin alkușkoulun kolmatta klaassaa vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 6:",
          "text": "Kummaas poolees oppilapsist ovat ikkunat - oikiaas vai kuras?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Is that so or isn't it?",
          "ref": "1936, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (ensimäine osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 12:",
          "text": "Onko se niin vai ei oo?",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "or"
      ],
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        [
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          "or"
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      ]
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    {
      "categories": [
        "Ingrian terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "Myself I started to ask him: // »What are you carving, my brother dear, // Are you carving a warship?»",
          "ref": "1916, Volmari Porkka, “1576. [Soikkola]. III443b”, in Väinö Salminen, V. Alava, editor, Suomen Kansan Vanhat Runot. Länsi-Inkerin runot, volume III2, Suomalaisen Kirjallisuuden Seura, lines 16-18:",
          "text": "Itse käin kyselömmää: // »Mitä vessät velvyeen, // Vai vessät sotivennooja?»",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "Then they didn't give you anything to eat, to drink?",
          "ref": "1937, D. I. Efimov, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 86:",
          "text": "Vai siis siulle syyvvä, juuvva ei annettu?",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "english": "He shouts: „Why are you pushing?\nDo you want to taste the whip, perchance?“",
          "ref": "1937, N. A. Iljin, Lukukirja: Inkeroisia alkușkouluja vart (kolmas osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 46:",
          "text": "Hää mörnää: „Mitä lykit siä?\nVai maistaa tahot pleettiä?“",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "Used to introduce polar questions, especially rhetorical ones."
      ],
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        [
          "polar question",
          "polar question#English"
        ],
        [
          "rhetorical",
          "rhetorical#English"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋɑi̯/",
      "tags": [
        "Ala-Laukaa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʋɑi̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Ala-Laukaa"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʋɑi̯/",
      "tags": [
        "Soikkola"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "[ˈʋɑi̯]",
      "tags": [
        "Soikkola"
      ]
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɑi̯"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "sense": "or",
      "word": "ehki"
    },
    {
      "sense": "or",
      "word": "tali"
    },
    {
      "sense": "or; folk poetic",
      "word": "eli"
    }
  ],
  "word": "vai"
}