ai̯

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ai"

Polabian

Etymology 1

Onomatopoeic. Cf. Polish aj, Kashubian aj, Slovincian aj.

Interjection

ai̯

1. oh

Etymology 2

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *u, from Proto-Balto-Slavic *au, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ew.

Preposition

ai̯ [with genitive]

1. at, near

   Synonym: prai̯

   • 1705, Christian Hennig, Vocabularium Venedicum

     cis ai̯ manĕ såpăt?

     Do you want to sleep over at my place?

Alternative forms

• au̯

Related terms

prefix

• ai̯-

References

• Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “ai I”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 32
• Polański, Kazimierz; James Allen Sehnert (1967), “ai//au II”, in Polabian-English Dictionary, The Hague, Paris: Mouton & Co, page 32
• Lehr-Spławiński, T.; Polański, K. (1962), “I ai̯”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 2
• Lehr-Spławiński, T.; Polański, K. (1962), “II ai̯||au̯”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka Drzewian połabskich [Etymological Dictionary of the Polabian Drevani Language] (in Polish), number 1 (A – ďüzd), Wrocław; Warszawa etc.: Ossolineum, page 2
• Olesch, Reinhold (1962), “Ay!”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 10
• Olesch, Reinhold (1962), “Ey”, in Thesaurus Linguae Dravaenopolabicae [Thesaurus of the Drevani language] (in German), volumes 1: A – O, Cologne, Vienna: Böhlau Verlag, →ISBN, page 238