уй

Bashkir

Pronunciation

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• Hyphenation: уй (one syllable)

Etymology 1

Noun

уй • (uy)

1. thought, reflection, meditation
2. opinion
3. intention

Etymology 2

Noun

уй • (uy)

1. (rare) valley, low place

Declension

Chuvash

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *ōy- (“to pick, peck, carve”). Cognate with Old Turkic (oy-, “to hollow sth. out”), Turkish oyuk, Azerbaijani oymaq (“to carve, excavate”), Bashkir уйыу (uyıw, “to hollow”), Kazakh ою (oü, “to etch”), Kyrgyz оюу (oyuu, “to ornament, etch”), Southern Altai ойор (oyor, “to pierce”), Turkmen oýmak (“to carve”), Uzbek oʻymoq (“to carve”).

Noun

уй • (uj) (plural уйсем) 

1. field

Ingush

Alternative forms

• ий (ii)

Etymology

From the former nominative plural.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈui̯/

Noun

уй • (uj) class dd (plural уйнаш)

1. (obsolete) nominative plural of у (u)
2. wooden floor

References

• Malʹsagov, Zaurbek K. (1963) Грамматика ингушского языка [Grammar of the Ingush language]‎ (in Russian), 2nd edition, Grozny: Chechen-Ingush book publishing house, page 135
• Nichols, Johanna B. (2004) “уй”, in Ingush–English and English–Ingush Dictionary, London and New York: Routledge, page 154
• Bekova, A. I., Dudarov, U. B., Ilijeva, F. M., Malʹsagova, L. D., Tarijeva, L. U. (2009) “уй”, in Ingušsko-russkij slovarʹ [Ingush–Russian Dictionary], Nalchik: Ingušskij NII GN, page 676

Kyrgyz

Noun

уй • (uy) (Arabic spelling ۇي)

1. cow

Declension

Moksha

Etymology

Likely from Proto-Uralic *ajŋe (“brain”), which is cognate with Finnish aivot (“brain”), Estonian aju (“brain, mind”) and Hungarian agy (“brain”). Alternatively from Proto-Uralic *ojwa (“head”), in which case cognates include Eastern Mari вуй (vuj), Finnish oiva.

Noun

уй • (uj)

1. (anatomy) brain

Nanai

Etymology

From Proto-Tungusic *ŋui, compare Evenki ңи, Manchu ᠸᡝ (we).

Pronoun

уй (uy)

1. who

Russian

Alternative forms

• вуй (vuj)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *ujь.

Cognates include Polish wuj, Slovak ujo, Slovene ujec, Serbo-Croatian ујак, ujak, also ујко, ujko, Bulgarian вуйчо (vujčo), Macedonian вујко (vujko). Non-Slavic cognates include Old Prussian avis (“maternal uncle”), Gothic 𐌰𐍅𐍉 (awō, “grandmother”), Latin avus, Old Armenian հաւ (haw).

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Noun

уй • (uj) m anim (genitive у́я, nominative plural у́и, genitive plural у́ев)

1. (obsolete) maternal uncle

Declension

Hypernyms

• дя́дя (djádja)

Southern Altai

Noun

уй • (uy)

1. cow

Udmurt

Etymology

From Proto-Permic *öj, from Proto-Uralic *üje. Cognates include Finnish yö and Hungarian éj.

Permic cognates include Komi-Zyrian вой (voj), Komi-Permyak ой (oj) and Komi-Yazva ӱй (üj).

Pronunciation

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• Rhymes: -uj
• Hyphenation: уй

Noun

уй • (uj)

1. night

Declension

Derived terms

References

• L. E. Kirillova, L. L. Karpova, editors (2008), “уй”, in Удмурт-ӟуч кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian dictionary], Izhevsk: Удмуртский институт истории, языка и литературы УрО РАН, →ISBN, page 686
• T. V. Voronova, T. A. Poyarkova, editor (2012), Удмурт-ӟуч, ӟуч-удмурт кыллюкам [Udmurt-Russian, Russian-Udmurt dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Izhevsk: Книжное издательство «Удмуртия», →ISBN, page 76
• Yrjö Wichmann, Toivo Emil Uotila (1987) Mikko Korhonen, editor, Wotjakischer Wortschatz [Votyak Vocabulary] (Lexica Societatis Fenno-Ugricae; Volume 21) (overall work in German), Helsinki: Suomalais-ugrilainen Seura, →ISBN, →ISSN, page 292

Yakut

Etymology

From Proto-Turkic *u- (“to be able, be capable”).

Verb

уй • (uy)

1. (transitive) to endure, to withstand

   See synonyms at тулуй (tuluy).

   баттааһыны уй ― battaahını uy ― to withstand the pressure

   улахан эрэйи уйда ― ulaqan ereyi uyda ― he endured great sorrow