Definitions
from The Century Dictionary.
- noun A name in Ponape, Caroline Islands, of Parinari laurinum, a tall tree having oblong leathery leaves.
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- noun   Plural form of ai .
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								Most authors seem to be writing that the word ais spread from Etruscan into the various Italic languages. 
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								Bayndor: "The word ais- can easily be an Indo-European one in addition to being an Aegean one as well." 
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								The word ais- can easily be an Indo-European one in addition to being an Aegean one as well. 
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								Most authors seem to be writing that the word ais spread from Etruscan into the various Italic languages. Archive 2010-06-01 2010 
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								In France on the other hand, the Academie Français is against their language being anglicised, however a couple of English words have managed to sneak in such as ‘weekend’ and ‘wagon’ (the letter ‘w’ doesn’t really exist in French - ‘west’ translates to ‘ouest’). Web Translations » Blog Archive » Foreign Phrases in Everyday Use 2010 
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								After pondering deeply the past week on all the exact details of the origin of the Etruscan word ais 'deity', I find myself not only skeptical of the direction this word traveled but also even more intrigued now of how widespread a common set of mythic traditions are. Archive 2010-06-01 2010 
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								After pondering deeply the past week on all the exact details of the origin of the Etruscan word ais 'deity', I find myself not only skeptical of the direction this word traveled but also even more intrigued now of how widespread a common set of mythic traditions are. 
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								Français, which is frequented entirely by men who play chess. The Ways of Men Eliot Gregory 1884 
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								The Port des Français, which is situated in 58 degrees 37 minutes N. lat., and 139 degrees 50 minutes W. long., presents many advantages, but also many inconveniences -- foremost amongst them the currents of the channel. Celebrated Travels and Travellers Part 2. The Great Navigators of the Eighteenth Century Jules Verne 1866 
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								Now as far as I have got I have done a basic choice of rock paper scissors and a basic AI system ( "ais"). Ubuntu Forums 2009 
hernesheir commented on the word ais
It's a tree.
September 29, 2011