different between hoi vs poi

English

Etymology 1

Variant of hoy.

Interjection

hoi

1. A call to gain someone's attention; hey!

Etymology 2

Article

hoi

1. Only used in hoi polloi

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly a spontaneous alteration of the interjection ho. The use as a joyful exclamation is attested from the 16th century; use as an informal greeting appears only in the 20th century.

Another possibility is the borrowing from English ahoy or Middle English hoy; See also ahoi.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -?i?
• IPA^(key): /??i?/

Interjection

hoi

1. (Netherlands, informal) A greeting acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence, comparable to English hey, hi

2. (Netherlands, informal) A farewell acknowledging someone's departure, comparable to English goodbye, bye

3. (dated) An exclamation of joy.

Antonyms

• (hey): doei

Derived terms

• hoihoi

Related terms

• hallo
• goedemorgen
• goede dag
• goedenavond

Fembe

Alternative forms

• hw??e

Noun

hoi

1. water

References

• Karl J. Franklin, Comparative Wordlist 1 of the Gulf District and adjacent areas (1975), page 67

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hoi?/, [?ho?i?]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification: hoi

Interjection

hoi

1. ahoy, hey

Derived terms

• hopoti hoi

Anagrams

• hio, iho, ohi, ohi-

German

Etymology

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Interjection

hoi

1. (Southern Germany, Switzerland, Liechtenstein, South Tyrol) hi! an informal greeting acknowledging someone’s arrival or presence

   Hoi, wie geht's?

See also

• hallo
• guten Morgen
• guten Tag
• guten Abend
• grüezi
• servus

Lavukaleve

Noun

hoi n

1. deep sea

Verb

hoi

1. (intransitive) go in
2. (transitive) put in

Pirahã

Adjective

hoi

1. toneless rendering of hói
2. toneless rendering of hoí

Further reading

Mura-Pirahã Dictionary

Rapa Nui

Etymology

Possibly from English horse.

Noun

hoi

1. horse

Derived terms

• pepe hoi

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà N?i) IPA^(key): [h?j??]
• (Hu?) IPA^(key): [h?j??]
• (H? Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [h?j??]

Adjective

hoi • (????)

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   Synonym: hôi

West Frisian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?hoi?/

Interjection

hoi

1. hi

Further reading

• “hoi”, in Wurdboek fan de Fryske taal (in Dutch), 2011

English

Pronunciation

• (UK, General American) IPA^(key): /p??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Hawaiian poi.

Noun

poi (uncountable)

1. (Hawaii) The traditional staple food of Hawaii, made by baking and pounding the kalo (or taro) root, and reducing it to a thin paste, which is allowed to ferment. [from 18th c.]
2. A creamy Samoan dessert of ripe bananas mashed with coconut cream.

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Maori poi.

Noun

poi (plural poi or pois)

1. (New Zealand) A small ball made of leaves and fibres, attached to a string; also, a traditional dance performed by Maori women involving the rhythmic swinging of such a ball. [from 19th c.]

Further reading

• poi (food) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• poi (performance art) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• IOP, IPO, OPI, PIO, Pio

Hawaiian

Noun

poi

1. Traditional staple food of Hawai?i. A porridge-like substance made from cooked and ground taro corm mixed with water.

Italian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *pos, from Classical Latin post.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /p?i/
• Rhymes: -?i

Adverb

poi

1. then
2. later

Derived terms

• poiché

Related terms

• dopo

Noun

il poi m (invariable)

1. the future

References

Anagrams

• pio, Pio

Japanese

Romanization

poi

1. R?maji transcription of ??
2. R?maji transcription of ??

Jingpho

Etymology

Borrowed from Burmese ??? (pwai:).

Noun

poi

1. feast, festival

References

• Kurabe, Keita (2016-12-31) , “Phonology of Burmese loanwords in Jinghpaw”, in Kyoto University Linguistic Research?^[1], volume 35, DOI:10.14989/219015, ISSN 1349-7804, pages 91–128

Old French

Etymology

From Latin paucus.

Adjective

poi m or f (invariable)

1. few; little

Adverb

poi

1. little; not much

Pronoun

poi

1. few; not many (people, objects etc.)

Descendants

• French: peu

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?p?.i/

Verb

poi

1. third-person singular present of poi?

Romanian

Adverb

poi

1. Alternative form of apoi

Samoan

Noun

poi

1. Samoan poi

Sukurum

Noun

poi

1. water

References

• Susanne Holzknecht, The Markham languages of Papua New Guinea (1989), page 71