woi

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See also: Woi and wòi

Abinomn

Noun

woi

  1. grandfather
  2. bird-of-paradise

Bavarian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Middle High German wol, wole, from Old High German wola (“well”), from Proto-Germanic *wela, from Proto-Indo-European *welh₁-. Compare German wohl, Dutch wel, English well, Danish vel, Swedish väl.

Pronunciation

Adverb

woi

  1. well, healthy
    Is da ned woi? ― Are you not feeling well?
  2. (modal particle expressing an assumption, often like English must + infinitive, or (US) guess + clause): probably, possibly, seemingly
    De håm se woi wås eigfånga. ― They've probably caught something.
    Du bist woi ned gånz gscheid. ― You must be crazy.

Interjection

woi

  1. in response to a negative question or statement: yes; surely; really; on the contrary
    Des is jå ned wåhr. — Woi! ― That's not true. — Yes, it is!
    Kummst heit auf d'Nåcht ned? — Woi! ― Aren't you coming tonight?? — Yes, I am!

Indonesian

Etymology

Possibly from Cantonese 喂 (wai2) or Min Nan 喂 (oeh). Doublet of oi and hoi.

Interjection

woi

  1. hey
  2. hello

Alternative forms

Further reading

Mokilese

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *pon̄u (“green sea turtle”), from Proto-Austronesian *pəñu (“turtle”)

Noun

woi

  1. sea turtle

Inflection

Forms of woi
Demonstrative formss Singular Plural
1st person (near speaker) woie woikai
2nd person (near hearer) woien woiken
3rd person (near neither speaker nor hearer) woio woiok
Article forms
indefinite woimen woipwi
definite woiwa woiwa

Ye'kwana

Variant orthographies
ALIV woi
Brazilian standard woi
New Tribes woi

Etymology

Compare Kari'na wòi, Trió oi.

Pronunciation

Noun

woi (possessed woichü)

  1. a kind of wild elephant ear plant (genus Xanthosoma), considered the most potent of all magical herbs (mada) as a defense against supernatural threats

References

  • Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “woi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎, Lyon
  • Hall, Katherine Lee (1988) “wo:i”, in The morphosyntax of discourse in De'kwana Carib, volumes I and II, Saint Louis, Missouri: PhD Thesis, Washington University
  • Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 56–57, 102, 240: “woi”
  • Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎, Santa Barbara: University of California, page 220: “woi”
  • Gongora, Majoí Fávero (2017) Ääma ashichaato: replicações, transformações, pessoas e cantos entre os Ye’kwana do rio Auaris‎, corrected edition, São Paulo: Universidade de São Paulo, pages 97, 176, 193, 196, 200, 207, 418: “woi”
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