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moi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "moi"

English

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Etymology

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From French moi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /mwɑː/
  • Audio (US):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɑː

Pronoun

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moi

  1. (humorous or sarcastic, often used questioningly to express mock surprise) Me.
    Don't you be so cheeky. — Cheeky? Moi?
    Who'd have thought that such a thing would happen to little old moi!
    • 2000 April 30, John Swartzwelder, “Kill the Alligator and Run”, in The Simpsons, season 11, episode 19:
      Kid Rock: Yo, let's waste that biotch. / Homer: Biotch? Moi?
    • 2011, Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller, The Muppets, spoken by Miss Piggy:
      There's only one Miss Piggy, and she is moi.
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Abinomn

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Noun

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moi

  1. land snake
  2. paternal grandfather

Cimbrian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Middle High German mīn, form Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”). Cognate with German mein, English mine.

Determiner

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moi

  1. (Luserna) my
    Moi pruadar Sèpp hatt 9 djar. ― My brother Joe is nine years old.

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Dutch

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Etymology

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Possibly from Danish mojn.

Interjection

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moi

  1. (dialectal) hi, hello

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Low German; see German Low German moin. Has also been compared with moro, suggesting a connection with Swedish morgon, but this is now considered unlikely.[1]

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Interjection

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moi

  1. hi, hello

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References

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  1. ^ Santeri Junttila, historical linguist at the University of Helsinki, via Yle (October 2023)

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Anagrams

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French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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Inherited from Middle French moy, from Old French mei, moi, mi (“me”), tonic form of me, from Latin mē (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)me-, *(h₁)me-n- (“me”). More at me.

See cognates in regional languages in France: Norman mei; Gallo mai; Picard moè; Bourguignon moi; Franco-Provençal mè; Occitan and Corsican me.

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Pronoun

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moi

  1. me (first-person singular direct object pronoun)
  2. to me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)

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Derived terms

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French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct complement) 		Dative
(indirect complement) 		Locative
(at) 		Genitive
(of) 		Disjunctive
(tonic)
Singular First — je, j’ me, m’ — — moi
Second — tu te, t’ — — toi
Third Masculine il le, l’ lui y en lui
Feminine elle la, l’ elle
Indeterminate on1 — — — — —
Reflexive — se, s’4 — — soi4
Plural First — nous nous — — nous
Second — vous2 vous2,3 — — vous2
Third Masculine ils3 les leur y en eux3
Feminine elles elles
1 Also used as the first person plural.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.
3 Also used when a group has both men and women.
4 Also used as third person plural reflexive.

Noun

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moi m (uncountable)

  1. ego

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Galician

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Etymology

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13th century. From Old Galician-Portuguese moi, mui, from moito, muito (“very”) (moi is exclusively used by Galician authors and in the Cantigas de Santa Maria).

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Adverb

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moi

  1. Apocopic form of moito (“very”)

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German

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Interjection

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moi

  1. (Austria, colloquial) aw (Used to express affection.)
    Moi, ist der Hase süß! ― Aw, what a cute rabbit!

Japanese

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Romanization

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moi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of もい

Mòcheno

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Etymology

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From Middle High German meie, from Old High German meio, from Latin Maius. Cognate with German Mai.

Noun

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moi m

  1. May

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Murui Huitoto

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moi
Root Classifier
moi- —

Etymology

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Cognates include Minica Huitoto moi and Nüpode Huitoto moi.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈmɔi]
  • Hyphenation: moi

Noun

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moi

  1. rear

Declension

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Declension of moi
singular plural
Absolutive moi —
Nominative moidɨ —
Accusative moina —
Dative/Locative moimo —
Ablative moimona —
Instrumental moido —
Causal moiri —
Privative moinino —

Root

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moi

  1. rear

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  • Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎[2] (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 178
  • Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎[3], Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 127

Naga Pidgin

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Etymology

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Inherited from Assamese মই (moi), from Early Assamese মঞি (moñi), মই (moi), Kamarupi Prakrit 𑖦𑖂 (maï, “by me”), 𑖦𑖺𑖊 (moe), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀇 (maï, “by me”), 𑀫𑀏 (mae), from Sanskrit मया (máyā, “by me”).

Pronoun

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moi

  1. I (1st person singular pronoun)
    Synonym: ami

Nefamese

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Etymology

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inherited from Assamese মই (moi).

Pronoun

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moi

  1. I (1st person singular pronoun)

North Frisian

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Noun

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moi m

  1. (Mooring) Synonym of krölemoune

Old French

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Alternative forms

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  • mei (early Old French or Anglo-Norman)
  • mi (early Old French)

Etymology

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Tonic form of me, from Latin mē.

Pronoun

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moi

  1. me

Usage notes

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  • Similar in terms of usage to modern French moi except it may be used as a personal object pronoun where modern French would use me :
    ele se paine de moi ocire (modern French uses me tuer or m’occire).
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Descendants

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  • Middle French: moy

Polish

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Pronoun

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moi

  1. virile nominative/vocative plural of mój

Romanian

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Verb

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moi

  1. first/second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of muia

Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch mooi.

Adjective

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moi

  1. beautiful

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Vietic *-mɔːl ~ muəl (“digging stick”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟmuul ~ *ɟmuəl (“to dibble”); cognate with Bahnar jơmul (“to plant rice using dibble stick to make holes”) and Khmu [Cuang] cmɔːl ("to plant"). Compare mói (as in soi mói, from Proto-Vietic *c-mɔːlʔ).

Verb

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moi • (𫴱)

  1. to drag out, to dig out
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Etymology 2

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

Noun

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(classifier con) moi

  1. (Central Vietnam) small shrimps of the genus Acetes
    Synonym: ruốc
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