drai

See also: dräi

Cimbrian

Cimbrian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : drai     Ordinal : draite     Attributive : drai

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Etymology

From Middle High German drī, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz. Cognate with German drei, Dutch drie, English three.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /drai/, [dʁai]

Numeral

drai (dative drain)

1. (Luserna, Sette Comuni) three

   sbéen, drai, viare ― two, three, four

   drai khüu ― three cows

References

• “drai” in Martalar, Umberto Martello; Bellotto, Alfonso (1974), Dizionario della lingua Cimbra dei Sette Communi vicentini, 1st edition, Roana, Italy: Instituto di Cultura Cimbra A. Dal Pozzo
• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Drehu

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɖai/

Noun

drai

1. day

References

• Tryon, Darrell T. (1967), “drai”, in Dehu-English dictionary (Pacific Linguistics; C–6)‎^[1], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University, page 20

Further reading

• Tryon, D. T.; Hackman, B. D. (1983), Solomon Islands languages: An internal classification (Pacific Linguistics; C-72)‎^[2], Canberra, ACT: Pacific Linguistics, Research School of Pacific and Asian Studies, Australian National University
• Leenhardt, Maurice (1946), Langues et dialectes de l'Austro-Mélanésie [Languages ​​and dialects of Austro-Melanesia] (Travaux et mémoires de l'Institut d'ethnologie; XLVI) (in French), Paris: Institut d'ethnologie

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch schroevendraaier (“screwdriver”), while Dutch draai means rotation, spin or turn. Doublet of drayer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈdrai̯]
• Hyphenation: drai

Noun

drai (plural drai-drai)

1. star screwdriver

   Synonym: obeng

Further reading

• “drai”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Mòcheno

cardinal numbers

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Etymology

From Middle High German drī, from Old High German drī, from Proto-West Germanic *þrīʀ, from Proto-Germanic *þrīz. Cognate with German drei, English three.

Numeral

drai

1. three

References

• “drai” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

North Frisian

Pronunciation

• (Sylt) IPA^(key): [d̥raɪ̯]

Etymology 1

From Old Frisian drega, from Proto-West Germanic *dragan, from Proto-Germanic *draganą. The form in ai was generalized from the 2nd and 3rd persons singular.

Verb

drai (Sylt)

1. to carry
2. to wear

Conjugation

Conjugation of drai (Sylt dialect)

infinitive I	drai
infinitive II	(tö) draien
past participle	drain
imperative	drai
	present	past
1st singular	drai	droch
2nd singular	draist	drochst
3rd singular	drait	droch
plural / dual	drai	droch
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa drain	her drain
2nd singular	heest drain	herst drain
3rd singular	heer drain	her drain
plural / dual	haa drain	her drain
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skel drai	wel drai
2nd singular	sket drai	wet drai
3rd singular	skel drai	wel drai
plural / dual	skel drai	wel drai

Alternative forms

• dreeg (Föhr-Amrum)
• dreege (Mooring)

Etymology 2

From Middle Low German dreien, from Proto-West Germanic *þrāan. Doublet of tre (“to twist a rope”).

Verb

drai (Sylt)

1. to turn

Conjugation

Conjugation of drai (Sylt dialect)

infinitive I	drai
infinitive II	(tö) draien
past participle	drait
imperative	drai
	present	past
1st singular	drai	drait
2nd singular	draist	draist
3rd singular	drait	drait
plural / dual	drai	drait
	perfect	pluperfect
1st singular	haa drait	her drait
2nd singular	heest drait	herst drait
3rd singular	heer drait	her drait
plural / dual	haa drait	her drait
	future (skel)	future (wel)
1st singular	skel drai	wel drai
2nd singular	sket drai	wet drai
3rd singular	skel drai	wel drai
plural / dual	skel drai	wel drai

Alternative forms

• drei (Föhr-Amrum)
• draie (Mooring)

Papiamentu

Etymology

Derived from Dutch draaien.

Verb

drai

1. (intransitive) to turn

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

From Dutch draai.

Noun

drai

1. turn
2. bend

   Synonym: beni

   Synonym: boktu

Verb

drai

1. to turn

   mi bere e drai ― I am nauseous (literally: my stomach is turning)

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From English dry.

Adjective

drai

1. dry
   • 1989, Buk Baibel long Tok Pisin, Port Moresby: Bible Society of Papua New Guinea, Jenesis 1:9:

     Bihain God i tok olsem, “Wara i stap aninit long skai i mas i go bung long wanpela hap tasol, bai ples drai i kamap.” Orait ples drai i kamap.

     →New International Version translation

Noun

drai

1. an old coconut used for copra

See also

• kokonas (“coconut palm”)
• kulau (“young coconut”)

References

• Volker, C. A. (general editor), et al. (2008), Papua New Guinea Tok Pisin English Dictionary, Oxford University Press in association with Wantok Niuspepa, →ISBN, page 16