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gaai

Pronunciation: /ˈɣaːi̯/

“gaai” is a Dutch word. Its 6 meanings in English:

noun

  1. jaybird (Garrulus glandarius), a woodland corvine species
  2. a wooden, somewhat bird-shaped target, often ornamented with bright plumes, used in archery competitions
  3. the high wooden stake or tower the above is mounted on
  4. a female bird
  5. a female fish
  6. a human mistress or wife

Etymology

From Old French gai, from Late Latin gaius (“jay”). Further etymology uncertain, though plausibly echoic, and supposedly influenced by the Roman common given name Gaius. Doublet of gay and gei.

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