moi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "moi"

English

Etymology

From French moi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mwɑː/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -ɑː

Pronoun

moi

1. (humorous or sarcastic, often used questioningly to express mock surprise) Me.

   Don't you be so cheeky. — Cheeky? Moi?

   Who'd have thought that such a thing would happen to little old moi!

   • 2000 April 30, John Swartzwelder, “Kill the Alligator and Run”, in The Simpsons, season 11, episode 19:

     Kid Rock: Yo, let's waste that biotch. / Homer: Biotch? Moi?

   • 2011, Jason Segel, Nicholas Stoller, The Muppets, spoken by Miss Piggy:

     There's only one Miss Piggy, and she is moi.

Related terms

• culte du moi
• ménage à moi

Anagrams

• IMO, IOM, Imo, Mio, imo, omi

Abinomn

Noun

moi

1. land snake
2. paternal grandfather

Cimbrian

Alternative forms

• main (Sette Comuni)

Etymology

From Middle High German mīn, form Old High German mīn, from Proto-West Germanic *mīn, from Proto-Germanic *mīnaz (“my, mine”). Cognate with German mein, English mine.

Determiner

moi

1. (Luserna) my

   Moi pruadar Sèpp hatt 9 djar. ― My brother Joe is nine years old.

References

• Patuzzi, Umberto, ed., (2013) Luserna / Lusérn: Le nostre parole / Ünsarne börtar / Unsere Wörter [Our Words], Luserna, Italy: Comitato unitario delle isole linguistiche storiche germaniche in Italia / Einheitskomitee der historischen deutschen Sprachinseln in Italien

Dutch

Etymology

Possibly from Danish mojn.

Interjection

moi

1. (dialectal) hi, hello

Finnish

Etymology

From Low German; see German Low German moin. Has also been compared with moro, suggesting a connection with Swedish morgon, but this is now considered unlikely.^[1]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoi̯/, [ˈmo̞i̯]

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -oi
• Hyphenation^(key): moi

Interjection

moi

1. hi, hello

Derived terms

• moido
• moikka

References

1. Santeri Junttila, historical linguist at the University of Helsinki, via Yle (October 2023)

Further reading

• “moi”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-03

Anagrams

• omi

French

Alternative forms

• moé (Quebec, colloquial)

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French moy, from Old French mei, moi, mi (“me”), tonic form of me, from Latin mē (“me”), from Proto-Indo-European *(h₁)me-, *(h₁)me-n- (“me”). More at me.

See cognates in regional languages in France: Norman mei; Gallo mai; Picard moè; Bourguignon moi; Franco-Provençal mè; Occitan and Corsican me.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mwa/

• Audio:

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• (Quebec, informal) IPA^(key): /mwe/
• Homophone: mois

Pronoun

moi

1. me (first-person singular direct object pronoun)
2. to me (first-person singular indirect object pronoun)

Synonyms

• mézigue (argot)

Derived terms

• à moi
• et moi donc

Related terms

French personal pronouns

number	person	gender	nominative (subject)	accusative (direct complement)	dative (indirect complement)	locative (at)	genitive (of)	disjunctive (tonic)
singular	first	—	je, j’	me, m’		—	—	moi
	second	—	tu	te, t’		—	—	toi
	third	masculine	il	le, l’	lui	y	en	lui
		feminine	elle	la, l’				elle
		indeterminate	on1	—	—	—	—	—
		reflexive4	—	se, s’		—	—	soi
plural	first	—	nous	nous		—	—	nous
	second2	—	vous	vous		—	—	vous
	third	masculine	ils3	les	leur	y	en	eux3
		feminine	elles					elles

¹ On can also function as a first person plural (although agreeing with third person singular verb forms).
² Vous is also used as the polite singular form.
³ Ils and eux are also used when a group has a mixture of masculine and feminine members.
⁴ These forms are also used as third person plural reflexive.

Noun

moi m (uncountable)

1. ego

Derived terms

• non-moi

See also

• je
• me

Further reading

• “moi”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

13th century. Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese moi, mui, from moito, muito (“very”) (moi is exclusively used by Galician authors and in the Cantigas de Santa Maria).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmoj/ [ˈmoj]
• Rhymes: -oj
• Hyphenation: moi

Adverb

moi

1. Apocopic form of moito (“very”)

Derived terms

• moi logo

Related terms

• moito

References

• Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, Ana Isabel Boullón Agrelo (2006–2022) “mui”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Xavier Varela Barreiro, Xavier Gómez Guinovart (2006–2018) “moi”, in Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “moi”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega
• Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “moi”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /mɔɪ/ (Austria)

Interjection

moi

1. (Austria, colloquial) aw (Used to express affection.)

   Moi, ist der Hase süß! ― Aw, what a cute rabbit!

Japanese

Romanization

moi

1. Rōmaji transcription of もい

Mòcheno

Etymology

From Middle High German meie, from Old High German meio, from Latin Maius. Cognate with German Mai.

Noun

moi m

1. May

See also

Gregorian calendar monthsedit

• genner
• hourneng
• merz
• oberel
• moi
• prochet
• heibeger
• agst
• leistagst
• schanmikeal
• òlderhaileng
• schantònderer

References

• “moi” in Cimbrian, Ladin, Mòcheno: Getting to know 3 peoples. 2015. Servizio minoranze linguistiche locali della Provincia autonoma di Trento, Trento, Italy.

Murui Huitoto

moi
Root	Classifier
moi-	—

Etymology

Cognates include Minica Huitoto moi and Nüpode Huitoto moi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈmɔi]
• Hyphenation: moi

Noun

moi

1. rear

Declension

Declension of moi

	singular	plural
absolutive	moi	—
nominative	moidɨ	—
accusative	moina	—
dative/locative	moimo	—
ablative	moimona	—
instrumental	moido	—
causal	moiri	—
privative	moinino	—

Root

moi

1. rear

Derived terms

• moifo

References

• Shirley Burtch (1983) Diccionario Huitoto Murui (Tomo I) (Linguistica Peruana No. 20)‎ (in Spanish), Yarinacocha, Peru: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 178
• Katarzyna Izabela Wojtylak (2017) A grammar of Murui (Bue): a Witotoan language of Northwest Amazonia.‎, Townsville: James Cook University press (PhD thesis), page 127

Naga Pidgin

Etymology

Inherited from Assamese মই (moi), from Early Assamese মঞি (moñi), মই (moi), Kamarupi Prakrit 𑖦𑖂 (maï, “by me”), 𑖦𑖺𑖊 (moe), from Magadhi Prakrit 𑀫𑀇 (maï, “by me”), 𑀫𑀏 (mae), from Sanskrit मया (máyā, “by me”).

Pronoun

moi

1. I (1st person singular pronoun)

   Synonym: ami

Nefamese

Etymology

inherited from Assamese মই (moi).

Pronoun

moi

1. I (1st person singular pronoun)

North Frisian

Alternative forms

• mei (Föhr-Amrum)
• Mai (Sylt)

Noun

moi m

1. (Mooring) Synonym of krölemoune

Old French

Alternative forms

• mei (early Old French or Anglo-Norman)
• mi (early Old French)

Etymology

Tonic form of me, from Latin mē.

Pronoun

moi

1. me

Usage notes

• Similar in terms of usage to modern French moi except it may be used as a personal object pronoun where modern French would use me :

  ele se paine de moi ocire (modern French uses me tuer or m’occire).

Related terms

• me
• jo

Descendants

• Middle French: moy
  • French: moi

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈmɔ.i/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔi
• Syllabification: mo‧i

Pronoun

moi

1. virile nominative/vocative plural of mój

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [moj]

• Audio:

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Verb

moi

1. first/second-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of muia

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch mooi.

Adjective

moi

1. beautiful

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [mɔj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [mɔj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [mɔj˧˧]

Etymology 1

From Proto-Vietic *-mɔːl ~ muəl (“digging stick”), from Proto-Mon-Khmer *ɟmuul ~ *ɟmuəl (“to dibble”); cognate with Bahnar jơmul (“to plant rice using dibble stick to make holes”) and Khmu [Cuang] cmɔːl ("to plant"). Compare mói (as in soi mói, from Proto-Vietic *c-mɔːlʔ).

Verb

moi • (𫴱)

1. to drag out, to dig out

Derived terms

• moi móc
• soi mói

Etymology 2

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

Noun

(classifier con) moi

1. (Central Vietnam) kind of small shrimp of the genus Acetes

   Synonyms: ruốc, khuyết