See also: вуи

Eastern Mari

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mari *wuj, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa. Cognate with Western Mari вуй (vuj).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /βuj/
  • Rhymes: -uj
  • Hyphenation: вуй

Noun

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вуй (vuj)

  1. (anatomy) head
    вуйыштыжо упш
    vujyštyžo upš
    (s)he has a hat on his/her head
  2. (figuratively) existence, being
  3. mind, head, brains
  4. (unit) head, capita (when counting)
    вольык вуй
    voĺyk vuj
    head of cattle
  5. top, summit, peak, apex
  6. tip, tip of something, head
  7. border, edge, end
  8. (botany) head
  9. (botany) inflorescence
  10. backrest, back
  11. ridge, dome
  12. front part
  13. tip (of shoe or sock)
  14. ear (of grain)
  15. (figuratively) head, chief
  16. (figuratively) desires, wishes

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Derived terms

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References

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  • J. Bradley et al. (2023) “вуй”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

Old Ruthenian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old East Slavic вуи (vui), оуи (ui), from Proto-Slavic *ujь.

Noun

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вуй (vujm pers

  1. maternal uncle

Descendants

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  • Belarusian: вуй (vuj) (dialectal)
  • Ukrainian: вуй (vuj), уй (uj) (dialectal)

Further reading

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  • Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вуй”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 354
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    Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “вуй”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 5 (всперати – выорати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 54
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    Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “уй”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 325
  • Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1998), “вуй”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 5 (впрашати – выпродати), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 71
  • Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “вуй”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 125

Russian

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Noun

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вуй (vujm anim (genitive ву́я, nominative plural ву́и, genitive plural ву́ев)

  1. Alternative form of уй (uj)

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Ukrainian

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Etymology

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From Old Ukrainian уй (uj), from Proto-Slavic *ujь.

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вуй (vujm pers (genitive ву́я, nominative plural ву́ї, genitive plural ву́їв) (dialectal)

  1. maternal uncle
    Coordinate term: стрий (stryj)
  2. gaffer (an older man)

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Western Mari

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Etymology

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From Proto-Mari *wuj, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa. Cognates include Eastern Mari вуй (vuj).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈβuj/
  • Rhymes: -uj
  • Hyphenation: вуй

Noun

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вуй (vuj)

  1. (anatomy) head
  2. end
  3. top, upper part
  4. ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
  5. beginning, source, origin
  6. head (of pin, hammer, nail, etc.)

Declension

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Declension of вуй
singular plural
nominative вуй (vuj) вуйвлӓ (vujvlä)
accusative вуйым (vujym) вуйвлӓм (vujvläm)
genitive вуйын (vujyn) вуйвлӓн (vujvlän)
dative вуйлан (vujlan) вуйвлӓге (vujvläge)
comitative вуйге (vujge) вуйвлӓлӓн (vujvlälän)
comparative вуйла (vujla) вуйвлӓлӓ (vujvlälä)
inessive вуйышты (vujyšty) вуйвлӓштӹ (vujvläštÿ)
illative (short) вуйыш (vujyš) вуйвлӓш (vujvläš)
illative (long) вуйышкы (vujyšky) вуйвлӓшкӹ (vujvläškÿ)
lative вуйеш (vuješ) вуйвлӓэш (vujvläeš)

Derived terms

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References

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  • Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “вуй”, in Slovarʹ gornomarijskovo jazyka [Hill Mari language dictionary] (in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Mari publisher, →ISBN
  • K. I. Belyaev & P. P. Romashkin (1944) Русско-Марийский Словарь [Russian-Mari Dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Kozmodemyansk: Маргосиздатын Кырык-Мары Филиал, page 63
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