masai

1. 1.

   a Nilotic language

   BroaderNilotic

Other forms of masai

plural

masais·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about masai

What does masai mean?

masai means "a Nilotic language".

How many syllables are in masai?

masai has 3 syllables: ma-sa-i. The stress falls on "sa". In IPA it is /mɑˈsɑi/.

Is masai a common word?

masai is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.