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# {{non-gloss definition|Said to get someone's [[attention]]}}; [[hey]].
# {{non-gloss definition|Said to get someone's [[attention]]}}; [[hey]].

Revision as of 00:48, 17 August 2024

English

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Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɔɪ/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • 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)

  1. Said to get someone's attention; hey.
    Synonyms: hey, yo; see also Thesaurus:hey
    Oi, you with the red hat – what do you think you're doing?
    Oi! Stop that!
  2. An expression of surprise.
    Synonyms: blimey, whoa; see also Thesaurus:wow
    Oi! This is new!
  3. An informal greeting, similar to hi.
    Synonyms: wotcher, yo
    Oi! How's it going?
Derived terms
Translations

Noun

oi (uncountable)

  1. (UK, sometimes capitalized) A working-class punk rock subgenre of the 1970s, sometimes associated with racism.
    • 1997, David Schwarz, Listening subjects: music, psychoanalysis, culture:
      A way for Oi musicians to avoid responsibility for acts of violence that were preceded by listening to Oi is the claim that what people do with their music is out of the control of the musicians themselves.
    • 2012, Tiffini Travis, Perry Hardy, Skinheads: A Guide to an American Subculture:
      Oi! is characterized by cleaner guitars and slower tempos than most punk music, and many Oi! songs feature sing-along, "soccer chant" choruses.

Etymology 2

Variant of oy, from Yiddish.

Interjection

oi

  1. Alternative spelling of oy

Etymology 3

Pronoun

oi

  1. (representing rural dialect pronunciation) I.
    Sometimes oi sits and thinks, and sometimes oi just sits.
    • 1877, W. S. Gilbert, The Sorcerer, Act II:
      Why, where be oi, and what be oi a doin’, / A sleepin’ out, just when the dews du rise?

Etymology 4

Borrowed from oyez, 2nd person plural imperative of verb oir meaning 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

Bima

Noun

oi

  1. water

References

Catalan

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin odium. Doublet of odi.

Pronunciation

Noun

oi m (plural ois)

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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin hoc.

Pronunciation

Interjection

oi

  1. used at the end of a sentence, or with que at the beginning to make a tag question
    • 1994, Ferran Canyameres, Montserrat Canyameres, Obra completa IV, page 194:
      Oi que ho farà? Digui que sí.
      Won't you do it? Say you will.
  2. indicates agreement with a statement: yeah; that's right

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Interjection

oi

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

Further reading

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).

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

Template:fi-int

  1. (poetic) O, oh
    Oi Herra! (O Lord!)
  2. oh (to express surprise, wonder, amazement or awe)

Further reading

Anagrams

Galician

Pronunciation

Interjection

oi

  1. hey

References

Hiri Motu

Pronoun

oi

  1. 2nd-person singular pronoun: you

See also

Japanese

Romanization

oi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おい

Malay

Pronunciation

Interjection

oi (Jawi spelling وي)

  1. Alternative form of hoi (hey)
    Oi, apa kau buat tu?!
    Hey, what are you doing there?!

Further reading

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

Etymology

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

Template:pt-interj

  1. (chiefly Brazil) hey
    Synonym: olá
    Oi, Maria!
    Hey, Mary!

Interjection

Template:pt-interj

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

Romanian

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun form.

Noun

oi f

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

Etymology 2

Verb form.

Verb

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

  1. (I) might
    Oi merge-n București mâine.
    I might go to Bucharest tomorrow.

Verb

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

  1. (you) might
    Crezi oi vrea ceva de băut mai târziu?
    Do you think you might want something to drink later?

Sardinian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

Adverb

oi

  1. (Campidanese) today

Sicilian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin hodie.

Adverb

oi

  1. today

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

oi ()

  1. (weather) hot and oppressive, sultry
Derived terms
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

Noun

oi

  1. ginger

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Noun

oi

  1. mosquito

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

Verb

oi

  1. (stative) to be full
Conjugation
Conjugation of oi (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tioi mioi aoi
2nd person nioi fioi
3rd person inanimate ioi dioi
animate maoi
imperative —, oi —, oi

References

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

Yoruba

Oi òun àkàà.

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

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

Noun

oi

  1. belly

Synonyms

References

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