Yiddish

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Etymology

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From Dutch soja, from Japanese そや (soya), topicalized form of そい (soi), itself the Kagoshima dialectal form of 醤油 (shōyu, soy sauce), from Chinese 醬油 / 酱油 (jiàngyóu).

Pronunciation

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Noun

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סויע (soyef

  1. soy, soya

Derived terms

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