different between hoya vs hoy

English

Wikispecies

Etymology

From the genus name.

Noun

hoya (plural hoyas)

1. Any plant of the genus Hoya

Translations

Anagrams

• ahoy

Japanese

Romanization

hoya

1. R?maji transcription of ??

Kikuyu

Alternative forms

• hooya

Etymology

Hinde (1904) records kuhoiya as an equivalent of English pray in “Jogowini dialect” of Kikuyu, listing also Kamba kuvoiya as its equivalent.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /h??ja/

This o is pronounced long.

Verb

hoya (infinitive k?hoya)

1. to ask for, to beg for

2. to pray

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• m?hoi 1

(Proverbs)

• ngi nd?hoyagwo thakame
• ng'aragu nd?hoyagwo ?horo

References

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin fovea. Doublet of fóvea.

Pronunciation

Noun

hoya f (plural hoyas)

1. pit
2. grave

Related terms

• hoyo

Further reading

• “hoya” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Xhosa

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

-hoya^?

1. (transitive) to pay attention to

Inflection

This verb needs an inflection-table template.

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