Yiddish

edit

Etymology

edit

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

edit

Noun

edit

סויע (soyef

  1. soy, soya

Derived terms

edit