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{{also|はい}}
==Japanese==

===Etymology 1===
From {{compound|ja|ば|pos1=topic particle, originally the [[rendaku]] version of {{ja-r|は}}|い|pos2=emphatic particle, from {{ja-r|よ}} or {{ja-r|や}}}}.  Compare {{w|Kansai}} {{ja-r|わい}}, formed through the same process.

====Pronunciation====
{{ja-pron}}

====Particle====
{{ja-pos|particle}}

# {{lb|ja|dialectal|Kyūshū}} {{n-g|sentence-ending particle indicating assertion}}
#: {{ja-usex|重要 '''ばい'''！|じゅうよう '''ばい'''！}}

=====See also=====
* {{ja-r|たい}}

===Etymology 2===
{{ja-see-kango|貝|枚|倍|唄|霾|馬医}}

===References===
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==Yaeyama==

===Etymology===
From {{inh|rys|jpx-ryu-pro|*wa|*waya}}.

===Pronunciation===
* {{IPA|rys|/bai/}}

===Pronoun===
{{rys-head|pronoun}}

# {{lb|rys|Hateruma}} first-person plural pronoun: [[we]]