oi
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
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[edit]
oi (UK, Ireland, Australia, New Zealand, South Africa, Canada, usually impolite)
- Said to get someone's attention; hey.
- Oi, you with the red hat – what do you think you're doing?
- Oi! Stop that!
- An expression of surprise.
- Oi! This is new!
- An informal greeting, similar to hi.
- Oi! How's it going?
Synonyms[edit]
- (to get attention): hey, yo; see also Thesaurus:hey
- (expression of surprise): blimey, whoa; see also Thesaurus:wow
- (informal greeting): wotcher, yo
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
Noun[edit]
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[edit]
Variant of oy, from Yiddish.
Interjection[edit]
oi
- Alternative spelling of oy
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
oi
- (representing rural dialect pronunciation) I.
- Sometimes oi sits and thinks, and sometimes oi just sits.
Etymology 4[edit]
Borrowed from oyez, 2nd person plural imperative of verb oir meaning 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[edit]
oi
- Alternative spelling of oy
Anagrams[edit]
Bima[edit]
Noun[edit]
oi
References[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Inherited from Latin odium. Doublet of odi.
Noun[edit]
oi m (plural ois)
Etymology 2[edit]
Interjection[edit]
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
- indicates surprise: whoa; hey
- indicates physical pain: ouch
Further reading[edit]
- “oi” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Finnish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
oi
Anagrams[edit]
Galician[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
oi
References[edit]
- “oi” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
- “oi” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
- “oi” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.
Hiri Motu[edit]
Pronoun[edit]
oi
- 2nd-person singular pronoun: you
See also[edit]
Japanese[edit]
Romanization[edit]
oi
Malay[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *huy (“exclamation to express surprise, call to a friend, respond to a distant call, etc.”). Compare Cantonese 喂 (wai2) or Min Nan 喂 (oeh).
Pronunciation[edit]
Interjection[edit]
oi (Jawi spelling وي)
Further reading[edit]
- “oi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
- Austronesian Comparative Dictionary
Mòcheno[edit]
Etymology[edit]
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[edit]
oi n
References[edit]
- Anthony R. Rowley, Liacht as de sproch: Grammatica della lingua mòchena Deutsch-Fersentalerisch, TEMI, 2003.
Old French[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Verb[edit]
oi
- past participle of oir
Portuguese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- Rhymes: -oj
- Hyphenation: oi
Interjection[edit]
oi
- hey
- Oi, Maria!
- Hey, Mary!
Interjection[edit]
oi?
- (chiefly Brazil, informal) sorry? I beg your pardon? excuse me? (request to repeat a message that wasn’t heard or understood clearly)
Romanian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Noun form.
Noun[edit]
oi f
- inflection of oaie:
Etymology 2[edit]
Verb form.
Verb[edit]
(eu) oi (modal auxiliary, first-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)
- (I) might
Verb[edit]
(tu) oi (modal auxiliary, second-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form presumptive tenses)
- (you) might
Sardinian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adverb[edit]
oi
Sicilian[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Adverb[edit]
oi
Vietnamese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Adjective[edit]
- hot and oppressive, sultry
Derived terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
(classifier cái) oi
West Makian[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
oi
Etymology 2[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
oi
Etymology 3[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
oi
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of oi (stative verb) | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|
singular | plural | |||
inclusive | exclusive | |||
1st person | tioi | mioi | aoi | |
2nd person | nioi | fioi | ||
3rd person | inanimate | ioi | dioi | |
animate | maoi | |||
imperative | —, oi | —, oi |
References[edit]
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[1], Pacific linguistics (etymologies 2 and 3 as oi)
Yoruba[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]
- ori (Èkìtì)
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
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)
Zou[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
oi
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- Lukram Himmat Singh (2013) A Descriptive Grammar of Zou, Canchipur: Manipur University, page 41
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- Rhymes:Finnish/oi
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- Rhymes:Malay/oi̯
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- mhn:Foods
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- Rhymes:Portuguese/oj
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- Rhymes:Romanian/oj
- Rhymes:Romanian/oj/1 syllable
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- sc:Time
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- zom:Body parts