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Tai   /taɪ/   Listen
Tai

adjective
1.
Of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its people.  Synonyms: Siamese, Thai.  "Different Thai tribes live in the north"
2.
Of or relating to the languages of the Thai people.  Synonyms: Siamese, Thai.
3.
Of or relating to Thailand.  Synonyms: Siamese, Thai.



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"Tai" Quotes from Famous Books



... with old Khayyam, and leave the Lot Of Kaikobad and Kaikhosru forgot: Let Rustum lay about him as he will, Or Hatim Tai cry Supper—heed ...
— Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam • Omar Khayyam

... caves and huts, when our people were printing books and encyclopedias of knowledge. I dwelt upon our poetry, the National Airs, Greater Eulogies, dating back several thousand years. I told her of the splendors of our great versifier, Le-Tai-Pih; and I might have said that many American poets, like Walt Whitman, had doubtless read the translations to their advantage. I had the pleasure at least of commanding this lady's attention, and I believe she was the first American who deigned to take a Chinaman seriously. The facts ...
— As A Chinaman Saw Us - Passages from his Letters to a Friend at Home • Anonymous

... all that old Ku Tai-tai would say. She declared she knew no more, and did not know where the woman lived. Her name was ...
— The Little Girl Lost - A Tale for Little Girls • Eleanor Raper

... which is rice and fish, and in old times was chiefly fish. He is nearly as fat as Daikoku, but wears a court noble's high cap. He is always fishing or enjoying his game. When very happy, he sits on a rock by the sea, with his right leg bent under him, and a big red fish, called the tai, under his left arm. He carries a straw wallet on his back to hold his fish and keep it fresh. Often he is seen standing knee-deep in the water, pole in hand, watching for a nibble. Some say that Ebisu is the same scamp that goes by the ...
— Japanese Fairy World - Stories from the Wonder-Lore of Japan • William Elliot Griffis

... Hesnus (Pocock, Specimen, p. 43, 46, 48) were likewise conspicuous for their liberality; and the latter is elegantly praised by an Arabian poet: "Videbis eum cum accesseris exultantem, ac si dares illi quod ab illo petis." * Note: See the translation of the amusing Persian romance of Hatim Tai, by Duncan Forbes, Esq., among the works published by the Oriental ...
— The History of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire - Volume 5 • Edward Gibbon

... wizard of Pohyola. Suo'ya-tar (Syo'jatar). The mother of the serpent. Su've-tar (Suve, summer). Goddess of the South-wind Su-wan'to-lai'nen. Another name for Wainamoinen. Taeh'ti. The Polar Star. Ta-he'tar. The daughter of the Stars. Tai'vas. The firmament in general. Ta-ni'ka. A magic mansion of Pohja. Ta'pi-o. The god of the forest. Tel-le'rvo. A daughter of Tapio. Ter'he-ne'tar. Daughter of the Fog. Tie'ra. Same as Kura; the Hoar-frost. ...
— The Kalevala (complete) • John Martin Crawford, trans.

... work once more: "I will weave a fragment of verse among the flowers of his robe, and perhaps its words will tell him to return." —LI-TAI-PE. ...
— Peter the Brazen - A Mystery Story of Modern China • George F. Worts

... ancient philosopher Tai Loo are indeed very subtle, and the truth of his remark, "After being disturbed in one's dignity by a mandarin's foot it is no unusual occurrence to fall flat on the face in crossing a muddy street," was now apparent. Great as was the disadvantage owing to the nature ...
— The Wallet of Kai Lung • Ernest Bramah



Words linked to "Tai" :   Xishuangbanna Dai, Dehong Dai, Asian, Kingdom of Thailand, Chinese Shan, Central Thai, Asiatic, Yay, Saek, Kadai, Tho, Bouyei, Shan, Kam Muang, Thailand, Nung, Kadai language, Khuen, Buyi, Zhuang, Siam, Tay, Lao, Khamti



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