uy

uy

1. expression of surprise
2. used to catch someone's attention
3. expression of acknowledgment of someone, whose name one cannot be remembered right away

uy

1. water

• Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages

úy

1. (contempt or disgust) fie, nonsense

From Latin hui.

• IPA^(key): /ˈui/ [ˈui̯]
• Rhymes: -ui
• Syllabification: uy

uy

1. oh, oops
2. Alternative spelling of huy

• “uy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

• y/u

Probably a variation of oy.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔuj/ [ˈʔuɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -uj
• Syllabification: uy

uy (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜌ᜔)

1. (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used to call the attention of somebody: hey!

   Uy, tingnan mo 'to!

   Hey, look at this!

2. (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used as a warning or as a protest: hey!

   Uy! 'Wag!

   Hey! Stop!

3. (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of oy: an informal greeting: hey!

   Uy! Kamusta?

   Hey! How are you?

4. (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of oy: an expression of surprise: hey!

   Uy! Bago 'to ah!

   Hey! This is new!

• Yu, yu

• ui

uy (plural uyay)

1. dog

• Chungkham Yashwanta Singh (2002) Tarao Grammar (in Tarao)

Inherited from Chagatai [Term?], from Proto-Turkic *eb. Cognate with Kazakh үй (üi), Turkish ev, etc.

• IPA^(key): /uj/, [ʉ̞j]
• Hyphenation: uj

uy (plural uylar)

1. home
2. house

Sino-Vietnamese word from 威. Doublet of oai.

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔwi˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔwɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [(ʔ)wɪj˧˧]

uy

1. majestic demeanor
2. power; influence; authority