oi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oi"

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɔɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

Etymology 1

Variant of the interjection hoy with h-dropping in working class and Cockney speech; first recorded in the 1930s.

Interjection

oi (Britain, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, usually impolite)

1. Said to get someone's attention; hey.

   Oi, you with the red hat – what do you think you're doing?

   Oi! Stop that!

2. An expression of surprise.

   Oi! This is new!

3. 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

exclamation to get attention — see hey

Noun

oi (uncountable)

1. (Britain, 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

1. Alternative spelling of oy

Etymology 3

Pronoun

oi

1. (representing rural dialect pronunciation) I.

   Sometimes oi sits and thinks, and sometimes oi just sits.

Anagrams

• I/O, IO, Io, i/o, io, io-

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Bima

Noun

oi

1. water

References

• ABVD

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Central, Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈɔj/

Etymology 1

From Latin odium.

Noun

oi m (plural ois)

1. (Mallorca) aversion, revulsion

Etymology 2

Interjection

oi

1. 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.

2. Indicates agreement with a statement: yeah; that's right
3. Indicates surprise: whoa; hey
4. Indicates physical pain: ouch

Further reading

• “oi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Interjection

oi

1. (poetic) O, oh

   Oi Herra! (O Lord!)

Anagrams

• -io

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Hiri Motu

Pronoun

oi

1. 2nd-person singular pronoun: you

See also

Hiri Motu personal pronouns

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

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Japanese

Romanization

oi

1. Rōmaji transcription of おい

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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

1. egg

References

• Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• oï

Etymology

From Latin audītus.

Verb

oi

1. past participle of oir

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /oj/
• Hyphenation: oi
• Rhymes: -oj

Interjection

oi

1. hi (informal greeting)

   Oi, Maria!

   Hi, Mary!

Synonyms

• beleza (more informal), olá (more formal)

Interjection

oi?

1. (informal) sorry? I beg your pardon? excuse me? (request to repeat a message that wasn’t heard clearly)

Synonyms

• como? perdão? (more formal)

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Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oj/
• Rhymes: -oj

Etymology 1

Noun form.

Noun

oi f

1. indefinite genitive/dative singular of oaie
2. indefinite nominative/accusative plural of oaie
3. indefinite genitive/dative plural of oaie

Etymology 2

Verb form.

Verb

(eu) oi (modal auxiliary, first-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)

1. (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)

1. (you) might

   Crezi că oi vrea ceva de băut mai târziu?

   Do you think you might want something to drink later?

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Sardinian

Etymology

Compare Italian oggi.

Adverb

oi

1. (Campidanese) today

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Sicilian

Alternative forms

• oggi
• oji
• uoggi

Etymology

Compare Italian oggi.

Adverb

oi

1. today

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Tagalog

Etymology

Alternative form of Tagalog oy.

Interjection

oi

1. Alternative form of oy

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [ʔɔj˧˧]

Etymology 1

Adjective

oi • (煨)

1. hot and oppressive, sultry

Derived terms

Derived terms

• oi ả
• oi bức
• oi nóng

 

Etymology 2

Noun

(classifier cái) oi

1. creel

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Zou

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oi̯˧/

Noun

oi

1. belly

Synonyms

• gil

References

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