tai

Noun · Adjective
US[tahy]/taɪ/1 syllable
Synonyms: ThaiSiamese

Open English WordNet

Noun (2)tais

  1. a native or inhabitant of ThailandSynonyms: ThaiSiameseType of Asian, AsiaticMember of Thailand, Kingdom of Thailand
  2. the most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of languagesType of Kadai, Kam-TaiKinds Thai, Tai Nuea, Khuen, Southern Tai, Tai Dam, Nung, Bouyei, Zhuang, Tay, Lao +7 more

Adjective (3)

  1. of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people“Siamese kings”“different Thai tribes live in the north”Synonyms: ThaiSiamese
  2. of or relating to the languages of the Thai people“Thai tones”Synonyms: ThaiSiameseRelating to Central Thai
  3. of or relating to Thailand“the Thai border with Laos”Synonyms: ThaiSiameseRelating to Siam
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Webster's Dictionary (1913)

Tai (tä′ē), adjective

Designating, or pertaining to, the chief linguistic stock of Indo-China, including the peoples of Siamese and Shan speech. It includes the Thai language.

Tai noun

A member of one of the tribes of the Tai stock.

The Tais first appeared in history in Yunnan, and from thence they migrated into Upper Burma. The earliest swarms appear to have entered that tract about two thousand years ago, and were small in number.— Census of India, 1901.

Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), from GCIDE 0.54 · with additions: 1913 supplement

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