saai

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Dutch

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /saːi/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: saai
  • Rhymes: -aːi̯

Etymology 1

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From the sense below, apparently because the cloth was perceived as dull and uninteresting.

Adjective

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saai (comparative saaier, superlative saaist)

  1. boring, tedious
Declension
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Declension of saai
uninflected saai
inflected saaie
comparative saaier
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial saai saaier het saaist
het saaiste
indefinite m./f. sing. saaie saaiere saaiste
n. sing. saai saaier saaiste
plural saaie saaiere saaiste
definite saaie saaiere saaiste
partitive saais saaiers
Derived terms
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Descendants
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  • Javindo: saai
  • Petjo: saai
  • Sranan Tongo: soi
    • Caribbean Javanese: soi

Etymology 2

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From Middle Dutch saye, saey, from Old French saie, from Latin sagum.

Noun

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saai n or m (uncountable)

  1. woven woollen cloth
  2. (Brabant) wool (in yarn form)
    Synonym: wol
    een bolleke sui(please add an English translation of this usage example)
Alternative forms
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  • (Brabantian) sui
Descendants
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  • Virgin Islands Creole: saja (dated)

References

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