FromDutchhoi.
hoi
- Alternative form ofhoy,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., page55:A hollow groan, unlike anything she had ever heard in her life, came from the front, followed by a shout of "Hoi, there!"
Possibly a spontaneous alteration of the interjectionho. 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 fromEnglishahoy orMiddle Englishhoy; See alsoahoi.
hoi
- (Netherlands, informal) A greeting acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence, comparable to Englishhey,hi
- Hoi, hoe gaat het? ―Hey, how's it going?
- (Netherlands, informal) A farewell acknowledging someone's departure, comparable to Englishgoodbye,bye
- Tot morgen.Hoi! ―See you tomorrow.Bye!
- (dated) An exclamation of joy.
Ik heb een tante in Marokko en die komt, hiephoi!- I have an aunt in Morocco and she's coming over, yippeeyay!
- (antonym(s) of“hey”):doei
hoi
- water
CompareEstonianhoi,Ingrianhoi,Karelianhoi,Ludianhoi, and alsoSwedishhoj,Dutchhoi,Englishhoy. An interjection that is found in many languages.[1]
hoi
- ahoy,hey
hoi te siellä!- hey you there!
- ^Itkonen, Erkki, Kulonen, Ulla-Maija, editors (1992–2000),Suomen sanojen alkuperä [The Origin of Finnish Words][1] (in Finnish) (online version; note: also includes other etymological sources; this source is labeled "SSA 1992–2000"), Helsinki: Institute for the Languages of Finland/Finnish Literature Society,→ISBN
hoi
- saltdeposit,salt lick
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
hoi
- (Southern Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol)hi!an informal greeting acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence
Hoi, wie geht's?- Hi, what's up?
Cognates includeFinnishhoi andEstonianhoi.
hoi
- Synonym ofhei
- Ruben E. Nirvi (1971)Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page65
- Arvo Laanest (1997)Isuri keele Hevaha murde sõnastik, Eesti Keele Instituut, page37
hoi
- (Gherdëina) A greeting acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence, comparable to Englishhey,hi
Hoi, co vala pa?- Hello, how's it going?
hoi (notcomparable)
- (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 mehere as a gift on behalf of his son.
hoi n
- deepsea
hoi
- (intransitive)go in
- (transitive)putin
FromProto-Malayo-Polynesian*huy(“exclamation to express surprise, call to a friend, respond to a distant call, etc.”). CompareCantonese喂 (wai2) orMin Nan喂 (oeh).
hoi (Jawi spellingهوي)
- hey;interjection used tocall out to people
Hoi, apa kau buat tu?!- Hey, what are you doing there?!
- “hoi” inPusat 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 fromThe Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–),→DOI
hoi
- toneless rendering ofhói
- toneless rendering ofhoí
Mura-Pirahã Dictionary
Possibly fromEnglishhorse.
hoi
- horse
hoi (invariable)
- helpless,exhausted,criticallyill
hoi• (𦤠)
- smelly,foul
- Synonym:hôi
hoi
- hi
- “hoi”, inWurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch),2011
