ばい

See also: はい

Japanese

Etymology 1

From ば (topic particle, originally the rendaku version of は (ha)) +‎ い (emphatic particle, from よ (yo) or や (ya)). Compare Kansai わい (wai), formed through the same process.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ba̠i]

Particle

ばい • (bai)

(dialectal, Kyūshū) sentence-ending particle indicating assertion
重要(じゅうよう)ばい！
Jūyō bai!
(please add an English translation of this example)

Etymology 2

For pronunciation and definitions of ばい – see the following entries.

【貝】1	[noun] [from 1284] Babylonia japonica (Japanese babylon or Japanese ivory shell) Alternative spellings 蛽, 海蠃, 海螄, バイ

【倍】3	[noun] twice, double, two times [counter] times, -fold [counter] (typography) a multiple of 全角 (zenkaku, “fullwidth/-height”) or 1 em in Western typography [counter] (typography, newspapers) a unit in newspaper typesetting, equal to 88 mils, ⁸⁸⁄₁₀₀₀ in, 8 U (U) and ¹⁄₁₆ 段 (dan)

(This term, ばい (bai), is the hiragana spelling of the above terms.)
For a list of all kanji read as ばい, see Category:Japanese kanji read as ばい.)

(The following entries are uncreated: 枚, 唄, 霾, 馬医.)

References

Yaeyama

Etymology

From Proto-Ryukyuan *waya.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bai/

Pronoun

ばい (bai)

(Hateruma) first-person plural pronoun: we