hois
Irish
Alternative forms
- huis (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hɪʃ/
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
hois!
- shoo! (said to a cow being driven)
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “huis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “hois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
- Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931) Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, page 49
Noun
hois m
- h-prothesized form of ois