Sakai
noun
a member of a tribal people of Malaya.
Sakai
1 American
[sah-kahy]
/ ˈsɑ kaɪ /
noun
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Sakais,
plural
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Sakai
plural
Sakai
2
American
[sah-kahy]
/ ˈsɑˈkaɪ /
noun
sakai
1
British
/ ˈsakaɪ /
noun
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a Malaysian aborigine
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a wild or uncouth person
Sakai
2
British
/ sɑːˈkaɪ /
noun
Other Word Forms
Noun Inflected Forms
Etymology
Origin of sakai
from Malay
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Clayton beat Japan's Motomu Sakai 10-8 and is one of two Welshmen in the last eight, with Gerwyn Price also progressing courtesy of a 10-5 win against Canada's Jim Long.
From BBC ● Sep. 19, 2026
“Grading is defined by looks,” Sakai, the importer, said.
From The Wall Street Journal ● Aug. 22, 2026
Another debutant, Japan's Motomu Sakai, looked to have stolen the show earlier in the afternoon session as he beat Thibault Tricole of France in straight sets.
From BBC ● Dec. 18, 2025
“We are hoping that the rock analysis will lead us to the origin of the moon,” Sakai said.
From Seattle Times ● Feb. 14, 2024
Mrs. Sakai didn’t allow Jenna to use any screens after 8 p.m.
From "Keep It Together, Keiko Carter" by Debbi Michiko Florence
“His last name stood out, because there aren’t any other Sakais here,” Ms. Guerrero said.
From New York Times ● Feb. 8, 2023
The Sakais were awed and dismayed by the thunder and lightning of my gun.
From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by I. Stone Sanpietro
In my chats with the Sakais they had told me that there was another orang putei at Tapah.
From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by I. Stone Sanpietro
I often accompanied the Sakais in their visits into the thick of the forest where they were in the habit of going in search of poisons, and sometimes I would even go by myself.
From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by I. Stone Sanpietro
I made up my mind to go to the bottom of the affair if only to discover why the Sakais, by nature so far removed from falsehood, had denied the truth.
From My Friends the Savages Notes and Observations of a Perak settler (Malay Peninsula) by I. Stone Sanpietro
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