vai
Speech parts
1. vai - Noun
2. Vai - Proper noun
Meaning
vai
(grammar) Initialism of verb animate intransitive: an intransitive verb that agrees with an animate subject.
Vai pl (plural only)
An ethnic group of Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Vai
The Niger-Congo language of the Vai people of Liberia and Sierra Leone.
Examples
Bimoraic syllables are now written with two letters, as in Japanese: diphthongs are written with the help of V or hV glyphs, and the nasal coda is written with the glyph for ŋ, which can form a syllable of its own in Vai.
For example, the Vai syllabary originally had separate glyphs for syllables ending in a coda (doŋ), a long vowel (soo), or a diphthong (bai), though not enough glyphs to distinguish all CV combinations (some distinctions were ignored).
The much smaller Vai and Kru peoples are primarily found in Kailahun and Pujehun Districts near the border with Liberia.
Immigrants from Mali The Kpelle, Gio, Mano, Mandingo and Vai groups migrated from the Empire of Mali for various reasons, some escaping political intrigue, others looking for a better life.
Two Year 13s achieved placings wtih Vai Mariner getting second place and Janet Tuiloma, third.
Namely, the praise with which it praises and glorifies a person who serves Hashem, that is, the common expression of the Zohar in saying, "Zaka'ah/Fortunate!" etc. regarding any mitzvah; and vice-versa, the cry that it shouts out, "Vai!"