oi
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ɔɪ/
Audio (UK) (file) - Rhymes: -ɔɪ
Etymology 1
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
oi (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, usually impolite)
- Said to get someone's attention; hey.
- Oi, you with the red hat – what do you think you're doing?
- Oi! Stop that!
- An expression of surprise.
- Oi! This is new!
- An informal greeting, similar to hi.
- Oi! How's it going?
Synonyms
- (to get attention): hey, yo; see also Thesaurus:hey
- (expression of surprise): blimey, whoa; see also Thesaurus:wow
- (informal greeting): wotcher, yo
Derived terms
- oi oi
Translations
Noun
oi (uncountable)
- (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.
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Etymology 2
Variant of oy, from Yiddish.
Interjection
oi
- Alternative spelling of oy
Pronoun
oi
- (representing rural dialect pronunciation) I.
- Sometimes oi sits and thinks, and sometimes oi just sits.
Etymology 4
Borrowed from oyez, 2nd person plural imperative of verb oir meaning 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
oi
- Alternative spelling of oy
Anagrams
- I/O, IO, Io, i/o, io, io-
Bima
Noun
oi
- water
References
- ABVD
Catalan
Pronunciation
- (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA(key): /ˈɔj/
Etymology 1
From Latin odium. Doublet of odi.
Noun
oi m (plural ois)
- (Mallorca) aversion, revulsion
Interjection
oi
- 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.
- Oi que ho farà? Digui que sí.
- 1994, Ferran Canyameres, Montserrat Canyameres, Obra completa IV, page 194
- Indicates agreement with a statement: yeah; that's right
- Indicates surprise: whoa; hey
- Indicates physical pain: ouch
Further reading
- “oi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈoi̯/, [ˈo̞i̯]
- Rhymes: -oi
- Syllabification(key): oi
Interjection
oi
- (poetic) O, oh
- Oi Herra! (O Lord!)
- oh (to express surprise, wonder, amazement or awe)
Anagrams
- -io
Galician
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈoj], [ˈɔj]
Interjection
oi
- hey
References
- “oi” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “oi” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “oi” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Hiri Motu
Pronoun
oi
- 2nd-person singular pronoun: you
See also
singular | plural | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
1st person | lau | ai (exclusive) ita (inclusive) | ||
2nd person | oi | umui | ||
3rd person | ia | idia |
Japanese
Romanization
oi
- Rōmaji transcription of おい
Malay
Alternative forms
- hoi
Etymology
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huy (“exclamation to express surprise, call to a friend, respond to a distant call, etc.”). Compare Cantonese 喂 (wai2) or Min Nan 喂 (oeh).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oi̯/
- Rhymes: -oi̯
Interjection
oi (Jawi spelling وي)
- hey; interjection used to call out to people
- Oi, apa kau buat tu?!
- Hey, what are you doing there?!
Further reading
- “oi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Mòcheno
Etymology
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
oi n
- egg
References
- Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.
Old French
Alternative forms
- oï
Etymology
From Latin audītus.
Verb
oi
- past participle of oir
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈoj/ [ˈoɪ̯]
- (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈoj/
- Rhymes: -oj
- Hyphenation: oi
Interjection
oi
- hey
- Oi, Maria!
- Hey, Mary!
Interjection
oi?
- (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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oj/
- Rhymes: -oj
Etymology 1
Noun form.
Noun
oi f
- inflection of oaie:
- indefinite genitive/dative singular
- indefinite nominative/accusative/genitive/dative plural
Etymology 2
Verb form.
Verb
(eu) oi (modal auxiliary, first-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)
- (I) might
- Oi merge-n București mâine.
- I might go to Bucharest tomorrow.
Verb
(tu) oi (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)
- (you) might
- Crezi căoi vrea ceva de băut mai târziu?
- Do you think you might want something to drink later?
Sardinian
Alternative forms
- oje, oze (Nuorese)
- oe (Logudorese)
Etymology
From Latin hodiē.
Adverb
oi
- (Campidanese) today
Sicilian
Alternative forms
- oji
- oggi, uoggi (borrowed from Italian oggi)
Etymology
From Latin hodie.
Adverb
oi
- today
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]
Adjective
oi • (煨)
- hot and oppressive, sultry
Derived terms
- oi ả
- oi bức
- oi nóng
Noun
(classifier cái) oi
- creel
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈo.i/
Noun
oi
- ginger
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈo.i/
Noun
oi
- mosquito
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈo.i/
Verb
oi
- (stative) to be full
Conjugation
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
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics (etymologies 2 and 3 as oi)
Yoruba
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Alternative forms
- ori (Èkìtì)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ō.ī/
Noun
oi
- (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
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /oi̯˧/
Noun
oi
- belly
Synonyms
- gil
References
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41