Wiktionary

toi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "toi"

'Are'are edit

Noun edit

toi

  1. penis

References edit

Asturian edit

Verb edit

toi

  1. first-person singular present indicative of tar

Dalmatian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin tū.

Pronoun edit

toi

  1. (second-person singular pronoun, oblique case) you, thee

Related terms edit

Finnish edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈtoi̯/, [ˈt̪o̞i̯]
  • Rhymes: -oi
  • Syllabification(key): toi

Etymology 1 edit

Verb edit

toi

  1. third-person singular past indicative of tuoda

Etymology 2 edit

From Proto-Finnic *too. -i is probably from the plural form noi.

Pronoun edit

toi (colloquial)

  1. Synonym of tuo (“that”).
Usage notes edit
  • Isn't used in written text, except within quotations.
Declension edit

Declension type 19 (suo) is used, except that the singular and plural forms come from different sources, so the declension can be called irregular. The forms in brackets are never or very rarely used.

Declension of toi (type 19/suo)
noun case singular pluraladverbial form singular plural
nominative toi noisuperessive – –
genitive ton noiden
noitten		delative – –
partitive tota noitasublative tonne –
accusative ton noilative – –
inessive tossa noissatemporal tollon
tolloin		 –
elative tosta noistacausative – –
illative tohon noihinmultiplicative – –
adessive tolla noilladistributive – –
ablative tolta noiltatemp. dist. – –
allative tolle noilleprolative – –
essive tona noinasituative – –
translative toksi noiksioppositive – –
abessive (totta) (noitta)
instructive – noin
comitative – noine

Further reading edit

French edit

Alternative forms edit

Etymology edit

Inherited from Middle French toi, tei, from Old French tei, te, from Latin tē.

Pronunciation edit

Pronoun edit

toi

  1. you (informal second-person singular personal pronoun)
    • Psalm 71:5:
      Car tu es mon espérance, Seigneur Éternel! En toi je me confie dès ma jeunesse.
      For you are my hope, Eternal Lord! In you I entrust myself since my youth.
    J’ai besoin de toi. ― I need you
    Et toi, ça va comment ?
    And you, how are you?
    Souviens-toi de ce qui est vraiment important.
    Remember what is really important.
    Attends, tu m’as dit qu’il y a dans cette maison plus de deux-cents livres. Est-ce qu’ils sont tous à toi ?
    Wait, you told me that there are more than two hundred books in this house. Are they all yours?
    Toi, t’es quelque chose de différent.
    You are something different.

Quotations edit

    • 1996, Herman Melville, translated by Lucien Jacques, Joan Smith, and Jean Giono, Moby Dick, Gallimard, →ISBN, page 722:
      Oh, Achab, cria Starbuck, il n’est pas trop tard, même maintenant, le troisième jour, pour renoncer. Vois, Moby Dick ne te cherche pas. C’est toi, toi qui la cherches follement.
      "Oh, Ahab," cried Starbuck, "it's not too late, even now, on the third day, to give up. See, Moby Dick isn't looking for you. It is you, you who seeks her madly."

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

Related terms edit

French personal pronouns
Number Person Gender Nominative
(subject) 		Accusative
(direct complement) 		Dative
(indirect complement) 		Disjunctive
(tonic)
Singular First — je, j’ me, m’ moi
Second — tu te, t’ toi
Third Masculine il le, l’ lui lui
Feminine elle la, l’ elle
Gender neutral5 iel lea ellui
Indeterminate on1 — — —
Reflexive — se, s’4 soi4
Plural First — nous nous nous
Second — vous2 vous2,3 vous2
Third Masculine ils3 les leur eux
Feminine elles elles
Gender neutral5 iels elleux
1 Also used as the first person plural.
2 Also used as the polite singular form.
3 Also used when a group has both men and women.
4 Also used as third person plural reflexive.
5 Colloquial, and not in popular use.

Further reading edit

Anagrams edit

Italian edit

Verb edit

toi

  1. (archaic) second-person singular present indicative of togliere

Synonyms edit

Derived terms edit

to'

Anagrams edit

Japanese edit

Romanization edit

toi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of とい

Middle French edit

Pronoun edit

toi

  1. Alternative form of toy

Nefamese edit

Etymology edit

From Assamese তই (toi)

Pronoun edit

toi (plural tohot)

  1. (singular; very familiar, inferior) you

Old French edit

Alternative forms edit

  • tei (Anglo-Norman)
  • toy (Anglo-Norman or late Old French)

Pronoun edit

toi

  1. you

Usage notes edit

  • Similar in terms of usage to modern French toi except it may be used as a personal object pronoun where modern French would use te
    Ore ai aperte occasion De toi querre une question (modern French uses te poser une question).

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish طوی (toy).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

toi n (plural toiuri)

  1. (in the singular, of an action or event) the culminating point
  2. (colloquial) center, heart
  3. scuffle, struggle, scramble
  4. (uncountable) a flock of birds

Declension edit

Declension of toi
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) toi toiul (niște) toiuri toiurile
genitive/dative (unui) toi toiului (unor) toiuri toiurilor
vocative toiule toiurilor

References edit

Samoan Plantation Pidgin edit

Etymology edit

From Samoan toʻi.

Noun edit

toi

  1. axe

Synonyms edit

References edit

  • Peter, Mühlhäusler (1983) “Samoan Plantation Pidgin English and the origin of New Guinea Pidgin”, in Ellen Woolford and William Washabaugh, editors, The Social Context of Creolization, Ann Arbor: Karoma, pages 28-76

Sassarese edit

Pronunciation edit

Adjective edit

toi

  1. masculine/feminine plural of tóiu

Pronoun edit

toi

  1. masculine/feminine plural of tóiu

Veps edit

Etymology edit

From toda +‎ -i.

Noun edit

toi

  1. supplier, provider
  2. caterer

Inflection edit

Inflection of toi (inflection type 7/pedai)
nominative sing. toi
genitive sing. tojan
partitive sing. tojad
partitive plur. tojid
singular plural
nominative toi tojad
accusative tojan tojad
genitive tojan tojiden
partitive tojad tojid
essive-instructive tojan tojin
translative tojaks tojikš
inessive tojas tojiš
elative tojaspäi tojišpäi
illative tojaha tojihe
adessive tojal tojil
ablative tojalpäi tojilpäi
allative tojale tojile
abessive tojata tojita
comitative tojanke tojidenke
prolative tojadme tojidme
approximative I tojanno tojidenno
approximative II tojannoks tojidennoks
egressive tojannopäi tojidennopäi
terminative I tojahasai tojihesai
terminative II tojalesai tojilesai
terminative III tojassai —
additive I tojahapäi tojihepäi
additive II tojalepäi tojilepäi

References edit

  • Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “поставщик”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎[2], Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Vietnamese edit

Etymology edit

Non-Sino-Vietnamese reading of Chinese 災 (“disaster”, SV: tai).

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

toi • (𡳥, 𣩸, 𤻒, 𬆜)

  1. (of domestic animals) to die in epidemic
  2. (colloquial) to die
  3. (colloquial, of money, efforts, etc.) to be lost; to go to waste

West Makian edit

Pronunciation edit

Conjunction edit

toi

  1. if
    Synonyms: coba, kalau
    toi ipongi, ma tasagal yo ― if it rains, then I won't go

References edit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎[3], Pacific linguistics
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