Wiktionary

oi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oi"

English

edit
 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia
 
English Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia

Pronunciation

edit
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ɔɪ/
  • Audio (UK):(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Etymology 1

edit

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

edit

oi (UK, Ireland, Hong Kong, Commonwealth, usually impolite)

  1. 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!
  2. An expression of surprise.
    Synonyms: blimey, whoa; see also Thesaurus:wow
    Oi! This is new!
  3. An informal greeting, similar to hi.
    Synonyms: wotcher, yo
    Oi! How's it going?
Derived terms
edit
Translations
edit

Noun

edit

oi (uncountable)

  1. (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

edit

Variant of oy, from Yiddish.

Interjection

edit

oi

  1. Alternative spelling of oy

Etymology 3

edit

Pronoun

edit

oi

  1. (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

edit

Borrowed from oyez, 2nd person plural imperative of the verb oir (“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

edit

oi

  1. Alternative spelling of oy

Anagrams

edit

Bima

edit

Noun

edit

oi

  1. water

References

edit

Catalan

edit

Etymology 1

edit

Inherited from Latin odium. Doublet of odi.

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

oi m (plural ois)

  1. (archaic) hatred
  2. (Mallorca, chiefly in the plural) aversion, revulsion, nausea

Etymology 2

edit

Inherited from Latin hoc.

Pronunciation

edit

Interjection

edit

oi

  1. 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.
  2. indicates agreement with a statement: yeah; that's right

Etymology 3

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Interjection

edit

oi

  1. indicates surprise: whoa; hey
  2. indicates physical pain: ouch

Further reading

edit

Finnish

edit

Etymology

edit

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 (oj)).

Pronunciation

edit
  • IPA(key): /ˈoi̯/, [ˈo̞i̯]
  • Rhymes: -oi
  • Hyphenation(key): oi

Interjection

edit

oi

  1. (poetic) O, oh
    Oi Herra! (O Lord!)
  2. oh (to express surprise, wonder, amazement or awe)

Further reading

edit

Anagrams

edit

Galician

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Interjection

edit

oi

  1. hey

References

edit

Hiri Motu

edit

Pronoun

edit

oi

  1. 2nd-person singular pronoun: you

See also

edit
Hiri Motu personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person lau ai (exclusive)
ita (inclusive)
2nd person oi umui
3rd person ia idia

Japanese

edit

Romanization

edit

oi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おい

Kiowa

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Letter

edit

oi (upper case Oi)

  1. A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.

See also

edit

Malay

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Interjection

edit

oi (Jawi spelling وي)

  1. Alternative form of hoi (“hey”)
    Oi, apa kau buat tu?!
    Hey, what are you doing there?!

Further reading

edit

Mòcheno

edit

Etymology

edit

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

edit

oi n

  1. egg

References

edit
  • Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.

Old French

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From Latin audītus.

Verb

edit

oi

  1. past participle of oir

Portuguese

edit

Etymology

edit

General interjection sound. Compare unrelated English oi.

Pronunciation

edit

  • Rhymes: -oj
  • Hyphenation: oi

Interjection

edit

oi

  1. (chiefly Brazil) hey
    Synonym: olá
    Oi, Maria!
    Hey, Mary!

Descendants

edit
  • → Hunsrik: oi

Interjection

edit

oi?

  1. (chiefly Brazil, informal) sorry? I beg your pardon? excuse me? (request to repeat a message that wasn’t heard or understood clearly)
    Synonym: (more formal) como? perdão?

Romanian

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Etymology 1

edit

Noun form.

Noun

edit

oi f

  1. inflection of oaie:
    1. indefinite genitive/dative singular
    2. indefinite nominative/accusative/genitive/dative plural

Etymology 2

edit

Verb form.

Verb

edit

(eu) oi (modal auxiliary, first-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

  1. (I) might
    Oi merge-n București mâine.
    I might go to Bucharest tomorrow.

Verb

edit

(tu) oi (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

  1. (you) might
    Crezi că oi vrea ceva de băut mai târziu?
    Do you think you might want something to drink later?

Sardinian

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From Latin hodiē.

Adverb

edit

oi

  1. (Campidanese) today

Sicilian

edit

Alternative forms

edit

Etymology

edit

From Latin hodie.

Adverb

edit

oi

  1. today

Vietnamese

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Etymology 1

edit

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

Adjective

edit

oi • (煨)

  1. (weather) hot and oppressive, sultry
Derived terms
edit
Derived terms

Etymology 2

edit

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

Noun

edit

(classifier cái, chiếc) oi

  1. (fishing) creel

West Makian

edit

Etymology 1

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

oi

  1. ginger

Etymology 2

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

oi

  1. mosquito

Etymology 3

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Verb

edit

oi

  1. (stative) to be full
Conjugation
edit
Conjugation 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

edit
 
Oi òun àkàà.

Alternative forms

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

oi

  1. (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

edit

Pronunciation

edit

Noun

edit

oi

  1. belly

Synonyms

edit

References

edit
  • Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41
Retrieved from "https://en.wiktionary.org/w/index.php?title=oi&oldid=82910699"
  NODES
Note 1