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name
The Niger-Congo language of the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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noun
Initialism of verb animate intransitive: an intransitive verb that agrees with an animate subject.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: abbreviation, alt-of, initialism
Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
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noun
Alternative spelling of bhai.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: Bangladesh, Benglish, West-Bengal, alt-of, alternative
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noun
An ethnic group of Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: plural, plural-only
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noun
Alternative form of vai (“verb inanimate intransitive”).
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: alt-of, alternative
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History
Transliteration of Bengali ভাই (bhai). Doublet of bhai; see there for more doublets.
Across languages
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