uy
CebuanoEdit
InterjectionEdit
uy
- an expression of surprise
- an expression to catch attention
- an expression of acknowledgment of someone, whose name one cannot remember right away
ChiquimulillaEdit
NounEdit
uy
ReferencesEdit
- Chris Rogers, The Use and Development of the Xinkan Languages
HiligaynonEdit
InterjectionEdit
úy
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
uy
Further readingEdit
- “uy”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
TagalogEdit
EtymologyEdit
Probably a variation of oy.
PronunciationEdit
InterjectionEdit
uy (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜌ᜔)
- (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used to call the attention of somebody: hey!
- Uy, tingnan mo 'to!
- Hey, look at this!
- (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used as a warning or as a protest: hey!
- Uy! 'Wag!
- Hey! Stop!
- (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of oy: an informal greeting: hey!
- Uy! Kamusta?
- Hey! How are you?
- (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of oy: an expression of surprise: hey!
- Uy! Bago 'to ah!
- Hey! This is new!
Related termsEdit
TaraoEdit
Alternative formsEdit
NounEdit
uy (plural uyay)
ReferencesEdit
- 2002, Chungkham Yashwanta Singh, Tarao Grammar
UzbekEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Proto-Turkic *eb.
NounEdit
uy (plural uylar)
DeclensionEdit
Declension of uy
Possessive forms of uy