hoi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "hoi"

English

Etymology

From Dutch hoi.

Interjection

hoi

1. Alternative form of hoy, hey! a call to gain someone's attention.
   • 1891, Thomas Hardy, Tess of the d'Urbervilles, volume 1, London: James R. Osgood, McIlvaine and Co., page 55:

     A hollow groan, unlike anything she had ever heard in her life, came from the front, followed by a shout of "Hoi, there!"

See also

• hoi toider, hoi polloi

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly a spontaneous alteration of the interjection ho. The use as a joyful exclamation is attested from the 16th century; use as an informal greeting appears only in the 20th century.

Another possibility is the borrowing from English ahoy or Middle English hoy; See also ahoi.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔi̯
• IPA^(key): /ɦɔi̯/

• Audio:

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Interjection

hoi

1. (Netherlands, informal) A greeting acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence, comparable to English hey, hi

   Hoi, hoe gaat het? ― Hey, how's it going?

2. (Netherlands, informal) A farewell acknowledging someone's departure, comparable to English goodbye, bye

   Tot morgen. Hoi! ― See you tomorrow. Bye!

3. (dated) An exclamation of joy.

   Ik heb een tante in Marokko en die komt, hiep hoi!

   I have an aunt in Morocco and she's coming over, yippee yay!

Antonyms

• (antonym(s) of “hey”): doei

Derived terms

• hoihoi

Related terms

• hallo
• goedemorgen
• goede dag
• goedenavond
• moi

Fembe

Alternative forms

• hwɔ̃e

Noun

hoi

1. water

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

Finnish

Etymology

Compare Estonian hoi, Ingrian hoi, Karelian hoi, Ludian hoi, and also Swedish hoj, Dutch hoi, English hoy. An interjection that is found in many languages.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoi̯/, [ˈho̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification^(key): hoi

Interjection

hoi

1. ahoy, hey

   hoi te siellä!

   hey you there!

Derived terms

• hopoti hoi

Further reading

• “hoi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

Anagrams

• hio, iho, ohi, ohi-

Galo

Noun

hoi

1. salt deposit, salt lick

German

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

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Interjection

hoi

1. (Southern Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol) hi! an informal greeting acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence

   Hoi, wie geht's?

   Hi, what's up?

See also

• hallo
• guten Morgen
• guten Tag
• guten Abend
• grüezi
• servus

Ingrian

Etymology

Cognates include Finnish hoi and Estonian hoi.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈhoi̯/, [ˈho̞i̯]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈhoi̯/, [ˈho̞i̯]
• (Hevaha) IPA^(key): /ˈhoi̯/, [ˈho̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi̯
• Hyphenation: hoi

Interjection

hoi

1. Synonym of hei

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 65
• Arvo Laanest (1997) Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page 37

Ladin

Interjection

hoi

1. (Gherdëina) A greeting acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence, comparable to English hey, hi

   Hoi, co vala pa?

   Hello, how's it going?

Latin

Adverb

hoi (not comparable)

1. (Old Latin) here
   • 6th century BC, Tibur pedestal inscription (CIL I² 2658; image (page 18)):

     𐌇𐌏𐌉𐌌𐌄𐌃𐌌𐌉𐌕𐌀𐌕𐌊𐌀𐌖𐌉𐌏𐌔[…]𐌌𐌏𐌍𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌒𐌄𐌕𐌉𐌏𐌔𐌃[𐌏]𐌍𐌏𐌌𐌐𐌓𐌏𐌅𐌉𐌋𐌄𐌏𐌃

     HOIMEDMITATKAVIOS[…]MONIOSQETIOSD[O]NOMPROFILEOD
     Hoi mēd mitāt Kāvios […]monios Qetios d[ō]nom prō fileōd.

     Kavios […]monios Qetios places me here as a gift on behalf of his son.

Lavukaleve

Noun

hoi n

1. deep sea

Verb

hoi

1. (intransitive) go in
2. (transitive) put in

Malay

Alternative forms

• oi

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /hoi/

Interjection

hoi (Jawi spelling هوي)

1. hey; interjection used to call out to people

   Hoi, apa kau buat tu?!

   Hey, what are you doing there?!

Further reading

• “hoi” in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu | Malay Literary Reference Centre, Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017.
• Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*huy”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

Pirahã

Adjective

hoi

1. toneless rendering of hói
2. toneless rendering of hoí

Further reading

Mura-Pirahã Dictionary

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Possibly from English horse.

Noun

hoi

1. horse

Derived terms

• pepe hoi

Swahili

Pronunciation

• Audio (Kenya):

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Adjective

hoi (invariable)

1. helpless, exhausted, critically ill

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

hoi • (𦤠)

1. smelly, foul

   Synonym: hôi

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhoi̯/

Interjection

hoi

1. hi

Further reading

• “hoi”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011