oi
English
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editVariant 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
editoi (UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, Commonwealth, usually impolite)
- 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
editTranslations
editNoun
editoi (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
editVariant of oy, from Yiddish.
Interjection
editoi
- Alternative spelling of oy
Etymology 3
editPronoun
editoi
- (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
editBorrowed 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
editoi
- Alternative spelling of oy
Anagrams
editBima
editNoun
editoi
References
editCatalan
editEtymology 1
editInherited from Latin odium. Doublet of odi.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editoi m (plural ois)
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editInterjection
editoi
- 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
editPronunciation
editInterjection
editoi
Further reading
edit- “oi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish
editEtymology
editSimilar 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
editInterjection
editoi
Further reading
edit- “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
editGalician
editPronunciation
editInterjection
editoi
References
edit- 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
editPronoun
editoi
- 2nd-person singular pronoun: you
See also
editJapanese
editRomanization
editoi
Kiowa
editPronunciation
editLetter
editoi (upper case Oi)
- A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.
See also
editMalay
editPronunciation
editInterjection
editoi (Jawi spelling وي)
- Alternative form of hoi (“hey”)
- Oi, apa kau buat tu?!
- Hey, what are you doing there?!
Further reading
edit- “oi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
Mòcheno
editEtymology
editFrom 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
editoi n
References
edit- Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.
Old French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editVerb
editoi
- past participle of oir
Portuguese
editEtymology
editGeneral interjection sound. Compare unrelated English oi.
Pronunciation
edit
- Rhymes: -oj
- Hyphenation: oi
Interjection
editoi
Interjection
editoi?
Romanian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNoun form.
Noun
editoi f
- inflection of oaie:
Etymology 2
editVerb form.
Verb
edit(eu) oi (modal auxiliary, first-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)
- (I) might
Verb
edit(tu) oi (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)
- (you) might
Sardinian
editAlternative forms
edit- oje, oze (Nuorese)
- oe (Logudorese)
Etymology
editAdverb
editoi
Sicilian
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editAdverb
editoi
Vietnamese
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Adjective
edit- (weather) hot and oppressive, sultry
Derived terms
editEtymology 2
edit(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
Noun
editWest Makian
editEtymology 1
editPronunciation
editNoun
editoi
Etymology 2
editPronunciation
editNoun
editoi
Etymology 3
editPronunciation
editVerb
editoi
Conjugation
editConjugation 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
edit- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics (etymologies 2 and 3 as oi)
Yoruba
editAlternative forms
edit- ori (Èkìtì)
Pronunciation
editNoun
editoi
- (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
editPronunciation
editNoun
editoi
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41
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