Tai

3 definitions found

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  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.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.48 [gcide]:

  Tai \Tai\ (t[aum]"[-e]), a.
     Designating, or pertaining to, the chief linguistic stock of
     Indo-China, including the peoples of Siamese and Shan speech.
     It includes the Thai language.
     [Webster 1913 Suppl.]

From WordNet (r) 2.0 [wn]:

  Tai
       adj 1: of or relating to or characteristic of Thailand or its
              people; "Siamese kings"; "different Thai tribes live
              in the north" [syn: {Thai}, {Siamese}]
       2: of or relating to the languages of the Thai people; "Thai
          tones" [syn: {Thai}, {Siamese}]
       3: of or relating to Thailand; "the Thai border with Laos"
          [syn: {Thai}, {Siamese}]
       n 1: a native or inhabitant of Thailand [syn: {Thai}, {Siamese}]
       2: the most widespread and best known of the Kadai family of
          languages