oxi
English
Etymology
Based on the typographic similarity to the Greek όχι (óchi).
Pronunciation
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "Greek pronunciation" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ˈɔçi/
- Lua error in Module:parameters at line 290: Parameter 1 should be a valid language or etymology language code; the value "proscribed spelling pronunciation" is not valid. See WT:LOL and WT:LOL/E. IPA(key): /ɒksi/
Interjection
oxi
- (In Greek contexts) no.
- 1961, Report of the National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings
- But the Greek archaeological committee met on the site, looked at our plans, and said, "Oxi, we will not approve anything that looks like the Roman approach to this sacred Greek temple."
- 2008, Harry Anastasiou, The Broken Olive Branch: Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and the Quest for Peace in Cyprus. Volume Two, Nationalism Versus Europeanization, Syracuse University Press →ISBN, page 150
- Whereas in 1945, the mainland Greeks said OXI to foreign troops entering their country, in 2004 the GCs were saying OXI to foreign troops leaving their country.
- 2015 July 7, Matthew Weaver, “"Oxi to Osborne": UK campaigners take Greek inspiration in budget protests”, in The Guardian[1]:
- Buoyed by the no vote in the Greek referendum, anti-austerity campaigners across Britain are to stage “Oxi to Osborne” protests on Wednesday against cuts the UK chancellor is expected to announce in his budget.
- 1961, Report of the National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings
Old Norse
Alternative forms
Etymology
From Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”).
Noun
oxi m (genitive oxa, plural øxn or oxar)
Declension
Declension of oxi (weak an-stem)
Descendants
- Icelandic: oxi, uxi
- Faroese: oksi
- Norwegian: okse, ukse
- Old Swedish: oxe, uxe
- Swedish: oxe
- Old Danish: oxæ, uxæ
- Danish: okse
- Scanian: oğse
References
- “oxi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
Vietnamese
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Alternative forms
Etymology
From French oxygène. Compare hiđro (“hydrogen”), nitơ (“nitrogen”).
Pronunciation
- (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [ʔo˧˧ si˧˧]
- (Huế) IPA(key): [ʔow˧˧ sɪj˧˧]
- (Saigon) IPA(key): [ʔow˧˧ sɪj˧˧]
- Phonetic spelling: ô xi
- Like all of its related terms, it has the letter x be pronounced like the Vietnamese sound /s/ through spelling pronunciation.
Noun
oxi
See also
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