orait
See also: oráit
Afrikaans
Adjective
orait (used only predicatively, not comparable)
- alternative spelling of ôraait
Adverb
orait
- alternative spelling of ôraait
Interjection
orait
- alternative spelling of ôraait
Malay
Etymology
Borrowed from English alright.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈɔ.rait/ [ˈɔ.rai̯t̪]
- Hyphenation: o‧rait
Interjection
orait
- used to indicate acknowledgement or acceptance
Tok Pisin
Etymology
Adjective
orait
- all right, fine, well
- 2002, anonymous author, Kirap![1]:
- Marian i tok: “Tasol mi pilim orait.”
- “But I feel fine,” answered Marian.
Derived terms
- tok orait (“permission, consent”)
Conjunction
orait
- then (in an if-statement)
- 1995, John Verhaar, Toward a reference grammar of Tok Pisin: an experiment in corpus linguistics[2], →ISBN, page 433:
- Mekim olsem pinis, orait tupela i planim taro na banana, na kumu, painap, kon, tomato, na kaukau tu.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- then (afterwards)