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{{also|Bai|bái|bài|bāi|băi|bǎi|bải|bại|ba'i|bai'}}
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==Translingual==

===Symbol===
{{mul-symbol}}

# {{ISO 639|2&5||Bamileke languages}}

==English==

===Etymology 1===
{{rfe|en}}

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A [[marshy]] [[meadow]] in [[sub-Saharan Africa]].
#* {{quote-book|en|title=Spillover|author=David Quammen|year=2012|page=64|ISBN=9780393066807|passage=Gorillas (and other wildlife) frequent such '''bais''', which are waterlogged and sunny, because of the sodium-rich sedges and asters that grow beneath the open sky.}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{en-noun|-}}

# A people of the [[Yunnan]] province of [[China]].<ref>{{cite-web|work=Britannica|entry=Bai|entryurl=https://www.britannica.com/topic/Bai-people|accessdate=August 4, 2022}}</ref>

===Etymology 3===

====Interjection====
{{en-interj}}

# {{lb|en|Internet slang}} {{eye dialect of|en|bye}}

===Etymology 4===
{{bor+|en|ja|霾|tr=bai}}. First recorded in English in the 1910s.<ref name="Dictionary.com">{{cite-web|work=Dictionary.com|entry=Word of the Day: Bai|entryurl=https://www.dictionary.com/e/word-of-the-day/bai-2023-05-11/|accessdate=May 26, 2023}}</ref>

====Noun====
{{en-noun}}

# A yellow mist occurring in spring and fall in China and Japan, caused by yellow dust blown from central China.<ref>{{cite-web|work=Chicago Tribune|entry=Bai: A mist that occurs in China...|date=September 27, 1999|url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/news/ct-xpm-1999-09-27-9909270070-story.html|accessdate=May 26, 2023}}</ref><ref name="Dictionary.com"/>

===References===
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===See also===
{{col-auto|en|chee bai}}

===Anagrams===
* {{anagrams|en|a=abi|ABI|AIB|Abi|B.I.A.|BIA|Bia|IAB|IBA|Iba}}

==Basque==
{{phrasebook|eu}}

===Pronunciation===
* {{audio|eu|LL-Q8752 (eus)-Xabier Cañas-bai.wav}}
{{eu-IPA}}

===Interjection===
{{head|eu|interjection}}

# [[yes]]

==Borôro==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|bor|/bai̯/}}

===Noun===
{{head|bor|noun}}

# [[house]]

==Catalan==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|ca|la|badius}}, possibly via {{cog|es|bayo}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{ca-IPA}}
* {{rhymes|ca|aj|s=1}}

===Adjective===
{{ca-adj}}

# [[bay]] {{gloss|colour}}

====Related terms====
* {{l|ca|baieta}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:ca:IEC2}}
* {{R:ca:GDLC}}
* {{R:ca:DNV}}
* {{R:ca:DCVB}}

{{C|ca|Colors}}

==French==

===Etymology===
{{inh+|fr|fro}}, from {{inh|fr|la|badius}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{fr-IPA}}

===Adjective===
{{fr-adj}}

# [[bay]] {{gloss|of a reddish-brown colour}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|fr|chat bai}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:fr:TLFi}}

==Gothic==

===Romanization===
{{got-rom}}

# {{romanization of|got|𐌱𐌰𐌹}}

==Iban==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|iba|/baiʔ/}}
* {{rhymes|iba|bai}}
* {{hyphenation|iba|bai}}

===Verb===
{{head|iba|verb}}

# to [[bring]]

==Italian==

===Adjective===
{{head|it|adjective form}}

# {{masculine plural of|it|baio}}

==Jamaican Creole==

===Etymology 1===
{{der+|jam|en|by}}.

====Preposition====
{{head|jam|preposition}}

# [[by]]
#* {{RQ:jam:YDYR|17|Evribadi av di rait fi uon prapati '''bai''' demself ar wid ada piipl.|Everyone has the right to own property alone as well as in association with others.|Everybody have the right to own property '''by''' themselves with other people.}}

===Etymology 2===
{{der+|jam|en|buy}}.

====Verb====
{{jam-verb}}

# [[buy]]
#* {{RQ:jam:DJNT|Matthew|13|46|Wen im fain wan we wot uol iip a moni, im sel evriting we im uon an go '''bai''' it.|When he found the most expensive pearl ever he went and sold all he had and '''bought''' it.|When [a pearl trader] found one worth a whole heap of money, he sold everything he owned and went to '''buy''' it.}}

===Further reading===
* {{R:jam:majstro.com}}

==Japanese==

===Romanization===
{{ja-romaji}}

# {{ja-romanization of|ばい}}
# {{ja-romanization of|バイ}}

==Kabuverdianu==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alter|kea|bá||Barlavento}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|kea|pt|vai}} (the third-person singular of {{m|pt|ir}} (to [[go]]).

===Verb===
{{head|kea|verb}}

# {{lb|kea|Sotavento}}to [[go]]

===References===
* {{R:kea:Gonçalves}}
* {{R:kea:Veiga}}

==Mandarin==

===Romanization===
{{cmn-pinyin}}

# {{cmn-pinyin of|㗑}}

===Romanization===
{{cmn-pinyin|notr=1}}

# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|bāi}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|bái}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|bǎi}}
# {{nonstandard spelling of|cmn|sc=Latn|bài}}

===Usage notes===
* {{cmn-toneless-note}}

==Manx==

===Etymology===
{{rfe|gv}}

===Noun===
{{gv-noun|m|baiaghyn|-}}

# [[slope]], [[bias]]
# [[partiality]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|gv|baiagh}}
* {{l|gv|neuvaiaght}}

===Mutation===
{{gv-mut-cons|b|ai}}

==Palauan==

===Etymology===
From Pre-Palauan ''*baye'', from {{inh|pau|poz-pro|*balay}}, from {{inh|pau|map-pro|*balay}}.

===Noun===
{{head|pau|noun}}

# [[house]] {{gloss|abode}}

==Pangasinan==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|pag|phi-pro|*bahi}}, from {{inh|pag|poz-pro|*bahi}}, from {{inh|pag|map-pro|*bahi}}.

===Noun===
{{pag-noun}}

# [[grandmother]]
#: {{coord|pag|laki}}

==Papiamentu==

===Etymology===
From {{der|pap|pt|vai}} (the third-person singular of {{m|pt|ir}} (to [[go]]) and {{der|pap|es|vaya}} and {{der|pap|kea|bai}}.

===Verb===
{{head|pap|verb}}

# to [[go]]
# to [[walk]]

==Polish==

===Pronunciation===
{{pl-pr}}

===Noun===
{{head|pl|noun form|g=f}}

# {{inflection of|pl|baja||gen//dat//loc|s}}

==Rennellese==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|mnv|poz-pol-pro|*wai}}, from {{inh|mnv|poz-oce-pro|*waiʀ}}, from {{der|mnv|poz-cet-pro|*waiʀ}}, from {{inh|mnv|pqe-pro|*waiʀ}}, from {{inh|mnv|poz-pro|*wahiʀ}}.

===Noun===
{{head|mnv|noun}}

# [[water]] {{gloss|clear liquid H₂O}}

{{C|mnv|Water}}

==Rohingya==

===Pronunciation===
*{{IPA|rhg|/ba͡i/}}

===Preposition===
{{head|rhg|preposition}}

# [[along]].
# [[through]].

==Romanian==

===Etymology===
{{bor+|ro|hu|baj}}, from {{der|ro|sh|boj|t=battle}}, from {{der|ro|sla-pro|*bojь}}.

===Noun===
{{ro-noun|n|baiuri}}

# {{lb|ro|Transylvania}} [[trouble]]

====Declension====
{{ro-noun-n-uri}}

==Sakizaya==

===Pronunciation===
{{szy-IPA}}

===Noun===
{{head|szy|noun}}

# [[grandmother]]

==Sika==

===Noun===
{{head|ski|noun}}

# [[woman]]

===References===
* ''Austronesian Comparative Dictionary'': ''bai''
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20160308072130/http://language.psy.auckland.ac.nz/austronesian/language.php?id=124 ABVD]: wai

==Sranan Tongo==

===Etymology===
From {{der|srn|en|buy}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|srn|/bai̯/}}

===Verb===
{{head|srn|verb}}

# to [[buy]]

====Derived terms====
{{top2}}
* {{l|srn|baiman|t=buyer}}
{{bottom}}

==Tày==

===Pronunciation===
* {{tyz-IPA}}

===Etymology 1===

====Noun====
{{tyz-noun}}

# a type of [[hoe]]
#: {{uxi|tyz|au '''bai''' bjai nhả|use the '''hoe''' to cut grass}}
#: {{uxi|tyz|'''bai''' xu|pickaxe}}

====Verb====
{{tyz-verb}}

# to [[hoe]]
#: {{uxi|tyz|'''bai''' đin|to '''hoe''' dirt}}

===Etymology 2===

====Noun====
{{tyz-noun}}

# [[ladle]]
#: {{syn|tyz|bôi|buôi|pèo}}
#: {{uxi|tyz|'''bai''' nặm keng|broth '''ladle'''}}

===Etymology 3===

====Verb====
{{tyz-verb}}

# to [[mix]]
#: {{uxi|tyz|khẩu nua '''bai''' thúa|sticky riced '''mixed''' with beans}}

===Etymology 4===

====Verb====
{{tyz-verb}}

# to [[block]]; to [[cover]]

===References===
* {{R:Lương Bèn}}
* {{Template:R:Tày-Annamite-Français}}

{{C|tyz|Cutlery}}

==Ternate==

===Etymology 1===

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|tft|[ˈba.i]}}

====Verb====
{{head|tft|verb}}

# {{lb|tft|transitive}} to [[show]]

=====Conjugation=====
{{tft-conj}}

===Etymology 2===
[[File:Etelis carbunculus JNC2427 (Lutjanidae).JPG|thumb|upright|bai]]

====Pronunciation====
* {{IPA|tft|[ˈba.i]}}

====Noun====
{{head|tft|noun}}

# any of species {{taxlink|Etelis carbunculus|species}} and {{taxlink|Etelis radiosus|species}} of [[snapper]]s.

====References====
* {{R:tft:Hayami-Allen:2001}}

{{C|tft|Fish}}

==Tok Pisin==

===Alternative forms===
* {{alt|tpi|baimbai||archaic}}

===Etymology===
From {{der|tpi|en|by and by}}.

===Particle===
{{head|tpi|particle}}

# [[will]]; to be going (to do something); {{non-gloss|marks [[future]] tense.}}
#* {{RQ:Buk Baibel|Jenesis|1|26|passage=Bihain God i tok olsem, “Nau yumi wokim ol manmeri '''bai''' ol i kamap olsem yumi yet. Bai yumi putim ol i stap bos bilong ol pis na ol pisin na bilong olgeta kain animal na bilong olgeta samting bilong graun.”
|translation=Then God said, "Now let us make people who '''will''' become like us. We'll put them in charge of the fish and the birds, of all kinds of animals and of all things on the ground."}}
# [[so that]]; [[to]]; {{non-gloss|introducing [[purposive]] clauses with a different subject from the matrix clause.}}
#: {{ux|tpi|Mi laik '''bai''' yu stap bel isi.|I want you '''to''' feel safe/relaxed.}}
#: {{ux|tpi|Na ol i save askim mi long mekim stretpela pasin long ol na stap klostu long ol, '''bai''' em i ken amamas.|And they always ask me to treat them justly and stay close to them '''so that''' they may feel secure.}}

====See also====
{{tpi-tense markers}}

==Tyap==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|kcg|/bai/}}

===Verb===
{{head|kcg|verb}}

# to [[come]]

==Volapük==

===Preposition===
{{head|vo|preposition}}

# [[according]]

====Derived terms====
* {{l|vo|baiot}}

==Welsh==

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|cy|/bai̯/}}

===Noun===
{{cy-noun|m|beiau}}

# [[blame]]
#: {{syn|cy|methiant}}
#: {{ux|cy|Arnat ti roedd y '''bai'''.|You were to '''blame'''.|lit=The '''blame''' was upon you.}}

====Derived terms====
* {{l|cy|ar fai||to blame}}
* {{l|cy|syrthio ar ei fai||to acknowledge fault}}
* {{l|cy|taro'r bai ar||to put the blame on, to blame}}

===Verb===
{{cy-verb form}}

# {{inflection of|cy|bod||3|s|impf|subj}}
#: {{syn|cy|basai|byddai|tasai|tai}}

===Mutation===
{{cy-mut}}