"ai" meaning in Vietnamese

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Pronoun

IPA: [ʔaːj˧˧] [Hà-Nội], [ʔaːj˧˧] [Huế], [ʔaːj˧˧] (note: Saigon) Audio: LL-Q9199 (vie)-Jessica Nguyen (Pamputt)-ai.wav Forms: [CJK]
Etymology: From Proto-Vietic *ʔeː (“who”). Cognate with Tho [Cuối Chăm] ʔeː¹. Etymology templates: {{inh|vi|mkh-vie-pro|*ʔeː||who}} Proto-Vietic *ʔeː (“who”), {{cog|tou|-}} Tho Head templates: {{head|vi|pronoun|head=|tr=埃}} ai • (埃), {{vi-pronoun|埃}} ai • (埃)
  1. who
    Sense id: en-ai-vi-pron-btAzcUC9
  2. whoever, anyone
    Sense id: en-ai-vi-pron-zXiudEB5
  3. someone, someone else
    Sense id: en-ai-vi-pron-EGZevbVK
  4. one, a person
    Sense id: en-ai-vi-pron-vTpZriyY Categories (other): Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header, Vietnamese pronouns Disambiguation of Vietnamese entries with incorrect language header: 30 0 0 43 27 Disambiguation of Vietnamese pronouns: 23 9 9 37 22
  5. (rhetorical) nobody
    Sense id: en-ai-vi-pron-Y4KzzIgU
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: ai ai, ai đó, ai nấy
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Download raw JSONL data for ai meaning in Vietnamese (2.9kB)

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