different between hoy vs ahoy

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??/
• Rhymes: -??

Etymology 1

Borrowed from German Heu or Dutch gooi.

Noun

hoy (plural hoys)

1. A small coaster vessel, usually sloop-rigged, used in conveying passengers and goods, or as a tender to larger vessels in port.
   • July 1779, William Cowper, letter to the Rev. William Unwin

     The hoy went to London every week.

Derived terms

• powder hoy

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Dutch hoi, compare ahoy.

Interjection

hoy

1. Ho!, hallo!, stop!

Verb

hoy (third-person singular simple present hoys, present participle hoying, simple past and past participle hoyed)

1. (transitive) To incite; to drive onward.

Etymology 3

Perhaps related to hoick and hoist.

Verb

hoy (third-person singular simple present hoys, present participle hoying or hoyin, simple past and past participle hoyed)

1. (Northumbria, Australia) To throw.

References

• hoy in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• Todd's Geordie Words and Phrases, George Todd, Newcastle, 1977[1]
• Frank Graham (1987) The New Geordie Dictionary, ?ISBN
• Newcastle 1970s, Scott Dobson and Dick Irwin, [2]
• Northumberland Words, English Dialect Society, R. Oliver Heslop, 1893–4
• A List of words and phrases in everyday use by the natives of Hetton-le-Hole in the County of Durham, F.M.T.Palgrave, English Dialect Society vol.74, 1896, [3]
• A Dictionary of North East Dialect, Bill Griffiths, 2005, Northumbria University Press, ?ISBN

Anagrams

• hyo-

Gutnish

Etymology

From Old Norse hey, from Proto-Germanic *hawj?

Noun

hoy n

1. hay

Derived terms

• hoytjauk (“haystack”)

Scots

Verb

hoy (third-person singular present hoy, present participle hoyin, past hoyed, past participle hoyed)

1. (South Scots) to throw

Spanish

Etymology

From Old Spanish oy, from Vulgar Latin *oie, from Latin hodi?. Compare Portuguese hoje, Italian oggi, hui in French aujourd'hui.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?oi/, [?oi?]

Adverb

hoy

1. today

   Synonym: hoy día

Derived terms

Further reading

• “hoy” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• “hoy” in Lexico, Oxford University Press.

Tagalog

Etymology

From Spanish oye

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /hoj/

Interjection

hoy

1. expression used to call the attention of somebody

2. expression used to inform someone

Usage notes

Using this word can make you sound disrespectful in some contexts. Refrain from using it when you're talking to someone who you don't know especially when he's older than you.

Synonyms

• huy
• uy
• oy

English

Etymology

From "a-hoy"; 'hoy' being a Middle English greeting dating back to the fourteenth century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??h??/
• Rhymes: -??

Interjection

ahoy

1. (nautical) Used to hail a ship, a boat or a person, or to attract attention.
2. (humorous) Warning of something approaching or impending.
   • 1989, Forbes (volume 143, issues 5-7, page 74)

     Lawsuits, ahoy! […] Towns can regulate use of their beaches. But what about the waters offshore?

   • 1992, Championship Run (video game review) in Your Sinclair issue 75, page 61

     Catalytic converters ahoy – Zeppelin's latest is one of those high-rev 3D driving games that simulates racing tracks from all over the world.

Usage notes

• Traditionally, when used from a ship to hail an approaching boat, the standard responses are:
  • "aye aye", if a commissioned officer is in the boat;
  • "no no", if no officer is in the boat;
  • name of ship, if the captain of another ship is in the boat;
  • "flag" if an admiral is in the boat.

Synonyms

• (to attract attention): oi, yo; see also Thesaurus:hey

Derived terms

• land ahoy
• ship ahoy

Descendants

• Czech: ahoj
• Dutch: ahoi
• German: ahoi
• Slovak: ahoj

Translations

Verb

ahoy (third-person singular simple present ahoys, present participle ahoying, simple past and past participle ahoyed)

1. To hail with a cry of "ahoy".

Noun

ahoy (plural ahoys)

1. An utterance of this interjection.

   There were many ahoys heard from the approaching ship.

Translations

See also

• yoohoo

References

Anagrams

• Hoya, hoya