ai (noun) - pain, sorrow, grief (especially felt/emotional)

ai (01_Asaxi Nouns (List))

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ai

ai

Noun class (warm / cold)

Warm

Pronunciation

IPA: /ai/

Semantic Field

Smntc_Field Health & Medicine / Smntc_Field Emotion

Translations

• English: pain, sorrow, grief (especially felt/emotional)
• Polish: ból, żal, smutek

Example sentence

Ă wo aiŕů. I grieve. (endogenous -ŕ-; a long-carried sorrow remains ai ma — see 65_Expressing States & Sensations (Source Doctrine).)

Alternative Forms

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Etymology

Inspired by the Dreamer’s memory of 哀 (ai, sorrow, pathos). Note: spelled a+i — two morae /a.i/, phonologically distinct from the diphthong ă /aɪ/ (one mora). Contrasts with tètá, the bodily pain.

Synonyms

• tètá (bodily pain)
• kozètètá (regret)

Antonyms

• mmbă (joy)

Derived terms

• aishů (to comfort, to console (strip sorrow))
• aiŕů - to grieve (from within)
• aichů - to be pained by (external)
• aină (sorrowful, grieving)
• baai - the right side, the right
• săaai - fever