hoy

See also: Hoy, HOY, höy, and høy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /hɔɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Heu or Dutch gooi.

Noun

hoy (plural hoys)

1. (nautical) A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
   • 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto X”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, →OCLC:

     He sent to Germanie, straunge aid to reare, / From whence eftsoones arriued here three hoyes / Of Saxons, whom he for his safetie imployes.

   • July 1779, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin

     The hoy went to London every week.

Derived terms

• anchor-hoy
• hoyman
• powder hoy

Translations

small coaster vessel

• Dutch: heude (nl) f
• French: heu (fr) m
• Italian: hoy m

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch hoi, compare ahoy.

Interjection

hoy

1. Ho!, hallo!, stop!

Derived terms

• ahoy-hoy

Verb

hoy (third-person singular simple present hoys, present participle hoying, simple past and past participle hoyed)

1. (transitive) To incite; to drive onward.

Etymology 3

Perhaps related to hoick and hoist.

Verb

hoy (third-person singular simple present hoys, present participle hoying or hoyin, simple past and past participle hoyed)

1. (Northumbria, Australia) To throw.
   • 1970 June, traditional (lyrics and music), “The Blackleg Miner” (track 4), in Hark! The Village Wait‎^[1], performed by Steeleye Span:

     They grab his duds and his picks as well. They hoy him down to the pit of hell. Down you go and fare ye well. You dirty blackleg miner.

References

• “hoy”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[2]
• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, →ISBN
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [3]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [4]
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, →ISBN

Anagrams

• hyo-

Gutnish

Etymology

From Old Norse hey, from Proto-Germanic *hawją.

Noun

hoy n

1. hay

Derived terms

• hoytjauk (“haystack”)

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English hoy.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔj/
• Rhymes: -ɔj
• Hyphenation: hòy

Noun

hoy m (invariable)

1. (nautical) hoy (small coaster vessel)

Scots

Verb

hoy (third-person singular simple present hoy, present participle hoyin, simple past hoyed, past participle hoyed)

1. (Southern Scots) to throw

Spanish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish oy, from Latin hodiē. Compare Portuguese hoje.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoi/ [ˈoi̯]

• Audio (Colombia):

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• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification: hoy

Adverb

hoy

1. today

   Synonym: hoy día

Derived terms

• a día de hoy
• antes hoy que mañana
• de ayer a hoy
• de hoy a mañana
• de hoy en adelante
• de hoy más
• dejarlo por hoy (“to call it a day”)
• el día de hoy
• es para hoy
• hoy día
• hoy en día
• hoy por hoy
• hoy por ti, mañana por mí
• pan para hoy, hambre para mañana
• por hoy
• porque hoy es hoy
• que es para hoy
• tal día como hoy
• terminar por hoy (“to call it a day”)

 

Further reading

• “hoy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
• “hoy” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• huy, oy, uy

Etymology

Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: English hey, Mandarin 哎 (āi), Latin eia, and Czech ahoj.

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈhoj/ [ˈhoɪ̯]
• Rhymes: -oj
• Syllabification: hoy

Interjection

hoy (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜌ᜔) (colloquial, vulgar)

1. expression used to call the attention of somebody: hey!

   Synonyms: alahoy, (obsolete) ughi, (obsolete) ughoy

   Hoy! Gumising na kayong lahat dyan!

   Hey! Wake up all of you there!

2. expression used as a warning or as a protest: hey!

   Synonyms: alahoy, (obsolete) ughi, (obsolete) ughoy

   Hoy! Hindi ako ang kumuha ng pera mo!

   Hey! I didn't take your money!

Usage notes

• The expression hoy can be perceived as disrespectful in some contexts, especially with one's seniors or superiors. Reactions may be heard such as:

  Huwag mo akong hoy-hoyin! ― Don't you 'hoy' me!

Derived terms

• hoy-hoyin

 

See also

• tuwan

 

Further reading

• “hoy”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018