oi

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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, Hong Kong, Commonwealth, usually impolite)

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!
An expression of surprise.
Synonyms: blimey, whoa; see also Thesaurus:wow

Oi! This is new!
An informal greeting, similar to hi.
Synonyms: wotcher, yo

Oi! How's it going?

Derived terms

oi oi

Translations

exclamation to get attention — see hey

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.

Etymology 2

Variant of oy, from Yiddish.

Interjection

oi

Alternative spelling of oy

Etymology 3

Pronoun

oi

(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

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

oi

Alternative spelling of oy

Anagrams

I/O, IO, Io, i/o, io, io-

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Noun

oi

water

Noun

oi m (plural ois)

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

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin hoc.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic, Valencia) [ˈɔj]

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

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central, Valencia) [ˈɔj]

IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈoj]

Interjection

oi

indicates surprise: whoa; hey
indicates physical pain: ouch

Etymology

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

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

Interjection

oi

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

Anagrams

-io

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Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈoj], [ˈɔj]

Interjection

oi

hey

References

Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “oi”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “oi”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “oi”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

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Pronoun

oi

2nd-person singular pronoun: you

Romanization

oi

Rōmaji transcription of おい

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oj/

Letter

oi (upper case Oi)

A letter of the Kiowa alphabet.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oi̯/
Rhymes: -oi̯

Interjection

oi (Jawi spelling وي)

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

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.

Alternative forms

oï

Etymology

From Latin audītus.

Verb

oi

past participle of oir

Etymology

General interjection sound. Compare unrelated English oi.

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈoj/ [ˈoɪ̯]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈoj/

Rhymes: -oj
Hyphenation: oi

Interjection

oi

(chiefly Brazil) hey
Synonym: olá

Oi, Maria!
Hey, Mary!

Descendants

→ Hunsrik: oi

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?

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oj/
Rhymes: -oj

Etymology 1

Noun form.

Noun

oi f

inflection of oaie:
1. indefinite genitive/dative singular
2. 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 că oi vrea ceva de băut mai târziu?
Do you think you might want something to drink later?

Alternative forms

oje, oze (Nuorese)
oe (Logudorese)

Etymology

From Latin hodiē.

Adverb

oi

(Campidanese) today

Alternative forms

oji
oggi, uoggi (borrowed from Italian oggi)

Etymology

From Latin hodie.

Adverb

oi

today

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]

Etymology 1

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

Adjective

oi • (煨)

(weather) hot and oppressive, sultry

Derived terms

oi ả
oi bức
oi nóng

Etymology 2

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

Noun

(classifier cái, chiếc) oi

(fishing) creel

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈo.i/

Noun

oi

ginger

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈo.i/

Noun

oi

mosquito

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈo.i/

Verb

oi

(stative) to be full

Conjugation

More information Conjugation of (stative verb), singular ...

Conjugation of oi (stative verb)
		singular	plural
		singular	inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tioi	mioi	aoi
2nd person		nioi	fioi
3rd person	inanimate	ioi	dioi
3rd person	animate	maoi	dioi
imperative		—, oi	—, oi

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References

Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics (etymologies 2 and 3 as oi)

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)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /oi̯˧/

Noun

oi

belly

Synonyms

gil

References

Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41

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

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