Tai /ˈtaɪ/



 Tai 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.


 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.

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 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