woi
Abinomn edit
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woi
Bavarian edit
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Etymology edit
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 edit
Adverb edit
woi
- well, healthy
- Is da ned woi? ― Are you not feeling well?
- (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 edit
woi
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
Possibly from Cantonese 喂 (wai2). Doublet of oi and hoi.
Interjection edit
woi
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Further reading edit
- “woi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Mokilese edit
Etymology edit
From Proto-Oceanic *pon̄u (“green sea turtle”), from Proto-Austronesian *peñu (“turtle”)
Noun edit
woi
Ye'kwana edit
Etymology edit
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Noun edit
woi (possessed woichü)
- 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 edit
- Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “woi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana[1], 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
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