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oi

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɔɪ/
• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Etymology 1

Variant of the interjection hoy with h-dropping in working class and Cockney speech; first recorded in the 1930s. Compare also unrelated Portuguese oi and Japanese おい (oi).

Interjection

oi (UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, Commonwealth, usually impolite)

1. Said to get someone's attention; hey.

   Synonyms: hey, yo; see also Thesaurus:hey

2. An expression of surprise.

   Synonyms: blimey, whoa; see also Thesaurus:wow

3. An informal greeting, similar to hi.

   Synonyms: wotcher, yo

Derived terms

• oi oi

Translations

Noun

oi (uncountable)

1. (UK, sometimes capitalized) A working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism.

Etymology 2

Variant of oy, from Yiddish.

Interjection

oi

1. Alternative spelling of oy.

Etymology 3

Pronoun

oi

1. (representing rural dialect pronunciation) I.

Etymology 4

Borrowed from oyez, 2nd person plural imperative of the verb oir (“to listen”), as used as an interjection in duplicated form “Oyez, oyez” by public speakers of medieval times to draw attention before a public address; see oi oi.

Interjection

oi

1. Alternative spelling of oy.

Anagrams

• I/O, IO, Io, i/o, io, io-

Bima

Noun

oi

1. water

References

• ABVD

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin odium. Doublet of odi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɔj]

Noun

oi m (plural ois)

1. (archaic) hatred
2. (Mallorca, chiefly in the plural) aversion, revulsion, nausea

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin hoc.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɔj]

Interjection

oi

1. used at the end of a sentence, or with que at the beginning to make a tag question
2. indicates agreement with a statement: yeah; that's right

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Valencia) [ˈɔj]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈoj]

Interjection

oi

1. indicates surprise: whoa; hey
2. indicates physical pain: ouch

Further reading

• “oi”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Finnish

Etymology

Similar interjections can be found in other Finnic languages (compare Estonian oi, Ingrian oi, Karelian oi, Ludian oi, Veps oi, Votic oi) and neighboring Indo-European languages (Swedish oj, Latvian oi, Russian ой (oj)).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoi̯/, [ˈo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification^(key): oi
• Hyphenation^(key): oi

Interjection

oi

1. (poetic) O, oh

   Oi Herra! (O Lord!)

2. oh (to express surprise, wonder, amazement or awe)

Further reading

• “oi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• -io

Galician

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈoj], [ˈɔj]

Interjection

oi

1. hey

References

• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “oi”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “oi”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “oi”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

Hiri Motu

Pronoun

oi

1. 2nd-person singular pronoun: you

See also

Japanese

Romanization

oi

1. Rōmaji transcription of おい

Kiowa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oj/

Letter

oi (upper case Oi)

1. A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.

See also

• (Latin-script letters) A a, Ai ai, Au au, Aui aui, B̶ b̶, B b, D̶ d̶, D d, E e, G̶ g̶, G g, H h, I i, K k, Kʼ kʼ, L l, M m, N n, n̶, O o, Oi oi, P p, Pʼ pʼ, S s, T t, Tʼ tʼ, Ts ts, Tsʼ tsʼ, U u, Ui ui, W w, Y y, Z z, ꞉

Ladino

Adverb

oi (Hebrew spelling אויי)

1. (Romania) alternative spelling of oy

Malay

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oi̯/
• Rhymes: -oi̯

Interjection

oi (Jawi spelling وي)

1. alternative form of hoi (“hey”)

Further reading

• “oi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German ei, from Old High German ei, from Proto-West Germanic *aij, from Proto-Germanic *ajją, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”). Cognate with German Ei, obsolete English ey.

Noun

oi n

1. egg

References

• Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.

Old French

Alternative forms

• oï

Etymology

Inherited from Latin audītus.

Verb

oi

1. past participle of oir

Portuguese

Etymology

General interjection sound. Compare unrelated English oi.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oj
• Hyphenation: oi

Interjection

oi

1. (chiefly Brazil) hey

   Synonym: olá

Descendants

• → Hunsrik: oi

Interjection

oi?

1. (chiefly Brazil, informal) sorry? I beg your pardon? excuse me? (request to repeat a message that wasn’t heard or understood clearly)

   Synonyms: (more formal) como?, perdão?

Romanian

Alternative forms

• ой (oi)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oj/
• Rhymes: -oj

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

oi f

1. inflection of oaie:
   1. indefinite genitive/dative singular
   2. indefinite nominative/accusative/genitive/dative plural

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

(eu) oi (modal auxiliary, first-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

1. (I) might

Verb

(tu) oi (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

1. (you) might

Sardinian

Alternative forms

• oje, oze (Nuorese)
• oe (Logudorese)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hodiē.

Adverb

oi

1. (Campidanese) today

Sicilian

Alternative forms

• oji
• oggi, uoggi (borrowed from Italian oggi)

Etymology

Inherited from Latin hodie.

Adverb

oi

1. today

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Austroasiatic *ʔuːr ~ ʔoːr.

Adjective

oi • (煨)

1. (weather) hot and oppressive, sultry

Derived terms

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) oi

1. (fishing) creel

West Makian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.i/

Noun

oi

1. ginger

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.i/

Noun

oi

1. mosquito

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.i/

Verb

oi

1. (stative) to be full

Conjugation

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[3], Pacific linguistics (etymologies 2 and 3 as oi)

Yoruba

Alternative forms

• ori (Èkìtì)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ō.ī/

Noun

oi

1. (Ondo) A type of Yoruba food made from cornflour typically eaten with mọ́ínmọ́ín or àkàrà.

   Synonym: ẹ̀kọ

   Oi é è yọ̀n yéye. ― Corn pap isn't very tasty. (Oǹdó)

   Inọ́n ùkòkò dínún òun oi fifun tì jáde í. ― It is from inside a black pot that white corn pap comes from. (Oǹdó)

Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oi̯˧/

Noun

oi

1. belly

Synonyms

• gil

References

• Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41

Source: wiktionary.org