Hypertext Webster Gateway: "tai"
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tai \Tai\, a.
Designating, or pertaining to, the chief linguistic stock of
Indo-China, including the peoples of Siamese and Shan speech.
From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) (web1913)
Tai \Tai\, n.
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.
From WordNet (r) 1.7 (wn)
Tai
adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand of its
people; "Siamese kings"; "the Thai border with Laos"
[syn: {Siamese}, {Thai}, {Tai}]
2: of or relating to the languages of the Thai people; "Thai
tones" [syn: {Siamese}, {Thai}, {Tai}]
3: of or relating to Thailand or its peoples or languages or
culture; "Siamese kings"; "Different Thai tribes live in
the North of the country"; "the Thai border with Laos"
[syn: {Siamese}, {Thai}, {Tai}, {Siamese}]
n 1: a native or inhabitant of Thailand [syn: {Thai}, {Tai}, {Siamese}]
2: the most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of
languages [syn: {Tai}]
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