toi
See also: TOI, Toi, toi5, tôi, tối, tồi, tōi, tỏi, tới, töi, toʻi, and to'i
'Are'are
Noun
toi
- penis
References
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Asturian
Verb
toi
- first-person singular present indicative of tar
Dalmatian
Etymology
From Latin tū.
Pronoun
toi
- (second-person singular pronoun, oblique case) you, thee
Related terms
- te
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoi̯/, [ˈt̪o̞i̯]
- Rhymes: -oi
- Syllabification(key): toi
Verb
toi
- third-person singular past indicative of tuoda
Etymology 2
From Proto-Finnic *too. -i is probably from the plural form noi.
Pronoun
toi
- (colloquial) Synonym of tuo (“that”).
Usage notes
- Isn't used in written text, except within quotations.
Declension
Declension type 19 (suo) is used, except that the singular and plural forms come from different sources, so the declension can be called irregular. The forms in brackets are never or very rarely used.
Declension of toi (type suo)
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French
Alternative forms
- toé (Quebec, colloquial)
Etymology
From Middle French toi, tei, from Old French tei, te, from Latin tē.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /twa/
- (Quebec, informal) IPA(key): /twe/
audio (file) - Homophones: toit, toits, toua, touas, touât
Pronoun
toi
- you (informal second-person singular personal pronoun)
- Psalm 71:5:
- Car tu es mon espérance, Seigneur Éternel! En toi je me confie dès ma jeunesse.
- For you are my hope, Eternal Lord! In you I entrust myself since my youth.
- J'ai besoin de toi. ― I need you
- Et toi, ça va comment ?
- And you, how are you?
- Souviens-toi de ce qui est vraiment important.
- Remember what is really important.
- Attends, tu m'as dit qu'il y a dans cette maison plus de deux-cents livres. Est-ce qu'ils sont tous à toi ?
- Wait, you told me that there are more than two hundred books in this house. Are they all yours?
- Toi, t'es quelque chose de différent.
- You are something different.
- Psalm 71:5:
Quotations
- 1996, Herman Melville, Lucien Jacques, Joan Smith and Jean Giono, transl., Moby Dick, Gallimard, →ISBN, page 722:
- Oh, Achab, cria Starbuck, il n'est pas trop tard, même maintenant, le troisième jour, pour renoncer. Vois, Moby Dick ne te cherche pas. C'est toi, toi qui la cherches follement.
- "Oh, Ahab," cried Starbuck, "it's not too late, even now, on the third day, to give up. See, Moby Dick isn't looking for you. It is you, you who seeks her madly."
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Synonyms
- tézigue (argot)
Derived terms
- après toi
Related terms
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.
Further reading
- “toi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- oit
Italian
Verb
toi
- (archaic) second-person singular present indicative of togliere
Synonyms
- togli
Derived terms
- to'
Anagrams
- -ito, tio-
Japanese
Romanization
toi
- Rōmaji transcription of とい
Middle French
Pronoun
toi
- Alternative form of toy
Old French
Alternative forms
- tei (Anglo-Norman)
- toy (Anglo-Norman or late Old French)
Pronoun
toi
- you
Usage notes
- Similar in terms of usage to modern French toi except it may be used as a personal object pronoun where modern French would use te
- Ore ai aperte occasion De toi querre une question (modern French uses te poser une question).
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوی (toy).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [toj]
- Rhymes: -oj
Noun
toi n (plural toiuri)
- (in the singular, of an action or event) the culminating point
- (colloquial) center, heart
- scuffle, struggle, scramble
- (uncountable) a flock of birds
Declension
Declension of toi
| singular | plural | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
| nominative/accusative | (un) toi | toiul | (niște) toiuri | toiurile |
| genitive/dative | (unui) toi | toiului | (unor) toiuri | toiurilor |
| vocative | toiule | toiurilor | ||
References
- toi in DEX online - Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language)
Samoan Plantation Pidgin
Etymology
From Samoan toʻi.
Noun
toi
- axe
Synonyms
- matau
References
- Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983), “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76
Sassarese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈtoi/
Adjective
toi
- masculine/feminine plural of tóiu
Pronoun
toi
- masculine/feminine plural of tóiu
Veps
Etymology
From toda + -i.
Noun
toi
- supplier, provider
- caterer
Inflection
| Inflection of toi (inflection type 7/pedai) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative sing. | toi | ||
| genitive sing. | tojan | ||
| partitive sing. | tojad | ||
| partitive plur. | tojid | ||
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | toi | tojad | |
| accusative | tojan | tojad | |
| genitive | tojan | tojiden | |
| partitive | tojad | tojid | |
| essive-instructive | tojan | tojin | |
| translative | tojaks | tojikš | |
| inessive | tojas | tojiš | |
| elative | tojaspäi | tojišpäi | |
| illative | tojaha | tojihe | |
| adessive | tojal | tojil | |
| ablative | tojalpäi | tojilpäi | |
| allative | tojale | tojile | |
| abessive | tojata | tojita | |
| comitative | tojanke | tojidenke | |
| prolative | tojadme | tojidme | |
| approximative I | tojanno | tojidenno | |
| approximative II | tojannoks | tojidennoks | |
| egressive | tojannopäi | tojidennopäi | |
| terminative I | tojahasai | tojihesai | |
| terminative II | tojalesai | tojilesai | |
| terminative III | tojassai | — | |
| additive I | tojahapäi | tojihepäi | |
| additive II | tojalepäi | tojilepäi | |
References
- Zajceva, N. G.; Mullonen, M. I. (2007), “поставщик”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary], Petrozavodsk: Periodika
Vietnamese
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [tɔj˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [tɔj˧˧]
- (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [tɔj˧˧]
Verb
toi • (𡳥, 𣩸, 𤻒, 𬆜)
- (of domestic animals) to die in epidemic
- (colloquial) to die
- (colloquial, of money, efforts, etc.) to be lost; to go to waste
West Makian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈt̪o.i/
Conjunction
toi
- if
- Synonyms: coba, kalau
- toi ipongi, ma tasagal yo ― if it rains, then I won't go
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics