woi
See also: Woi
Abinomn
Noun
woi
- grandfather
- bird-of-paradise
Indonesian
Etymology
Probably from Cantonese 喂 (wai2) or Min Nan 喂 (oeh). Doublet of oi and hoi.
Interjection
woi
- hey
- hello
Alternative forms
- woy (colloquial)
Further reading
- “woi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Language Development and Fostering Agency — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Maquiritari
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [βoj]
Noun
woi (possessed woichü)
- a kind of wild elephant ear plant (genus Xanthosoma), considered the most potent of all magical herbs (maada) as a defense against supernatural threats
References
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011), “woi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana, Lyon
- Hall, Katherine Lee (1988), “wo:i”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volume I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
- Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, page 56–57, 102, 240
- Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 220
- Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris, corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, page 97, 176, 193, 196, 200, 207, 418