Tai

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noun

    1. a subbranch of the Sino-Tibetan language family, including Tai, Thai, Lao, and Shan
    2. a member of any of the Southeast Asian peoples speaking these languages
    1. a member of a people of N Vietnam that speaks a Tai language
    2. the language of this people

adjective

of these peoples or their languages or cultures

See Tai in American Heritage Dictionary 4

noun pl. Tai or Tais also Dai or Dais
  1. A family of languages spoken in southeast Asia and southern China that includes Thai, Lao, and Shan.
  2. A member of any of the Tai-speaking peoples of Thailand, Myanmar (Burma), Laos, China, and Vietnam.
  3. Thai.
adjective
  1. Of or relating to Tai, its speakers, or their culture.
  2. Thai.

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