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Revision as of 00:48, 17 August 2024
English
Pronunciation
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)
- 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!
- An expression of surprise.
- Synonyms: blimey, whoa; see also Thesaurus:wow
- Oi! This is new!
- An informal greeting, similar to hi.
Derived terms
Translations
Noun
oi (uncountable)
- (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
- Alternative spelling of oy
Etymology 3
Pronoun
oi
- (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
- Alternative spelling of oy
Anagrams
Bima
Noun
oi
References
Catalan
Etymology 1
Inherited from Latin odium. Doublet of odi.
Pronunciation
Noun
oi m (plural ois)
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Interjection
oi
- 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.
- indicates agreement with a statement: yeah; that's right
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Interjection
oi
Further reading
- “oi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
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
Interjection
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
Galician
Pronunciation
Interjection
oi
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
- 2nd-person singular pronoun: you
See also
Japanese
Romanization
oi
Malay
Pronunciation
Interjection
oi (Jawi spelling وي)
- Alternative form of hoi (“hey”)
- Oi, apa kau buat tu?!
- Hey, what are you doing there?!
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
References
- Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.
Old French
Alternative forms
Etymology
Verb
oi
- past participle of oir
Portuguese
Etymology
General interjection sound. Compare unrelated English oi.
Pronunciation
- Rhymes: -oj
- Hyphenation: oi
Interjection
Interjection
- (chiefly Brazil, informal) sorry? I beg your pardon? excuse me? (request to repeat a message that wasn’t heard or understood clearly)
Romanian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Noun form.
Noun
oi f
- inflection of oaie:
Etymology 2
Verb form.
Verb
(eu) oi (modal auxiliary, first-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)
- (I) might
Verb
(tu) oi (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)
- (you) might
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- oje, oze (Nuorese)
- oe (Logudorese)
Etymology
Adverb
oi
Sicilian
Alternative forms
Etymology
Adverb
oi
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
- (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
West Makian
Etymology 1
Pronunciation
Noun
oi
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
Noun
oi
Etymology 3
Pronunciation
Verb
oi
Conjugation
Conjugation of oi (stative verb) | ||||
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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
Alternative forms
- ori (Èkìtì)
Pronunciation
Noun
oi
- (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
Synonyms
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41
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- Rhymes:Finnish/oi
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- Mòcheno terms inherited from Middle High German
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- mhn:Foods
- Old French terms inherited from Latin
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- Portuguese 1-syllable words
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/oj
- Brazilian Portuguese
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- Rhymes:Romanian/oj
- Rhymes:Romanian/oj/1 syllable
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- Sardinian terms inherited from Latin
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- Campidanese
- sc:Time
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- vi:Weather
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- yo:Foods
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- zom:Body parts