voi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "voi"

Aromanian

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs. Compare Romanian voi.

Pronoun

voi

1. (second-person plural pronoun, nominative form) you (plural), you all (group being addressed)

Pronoun

voi

1. (long/stressed accusative form) you (group being addressed)

Related terms

• voauã
• vã / vi

See also

• tu, tini / tine
• el / elu, nãs / nes
• noi
• voi
• nãsh, elj / ei, nesh

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin voleō, from Latin volō.

Alternative forms

• voiu

Verb

voi first-singular present indicative (third-person singular present indicative va, past participle vrutã)

1. to want
2. to love

Related terms

• vreari / vreare
• vrut / vrutã
• nivrut / nivrutã

Asturian

Verb

voi

1. first-person singular present indicative of dir

Bavarian

Alternative forms

• vui

Etymology

From Middle High German vol, from Old High German foll, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. Cognates include German voll, Low German vull, Dutch vol, English full, Danish fuld, Swedish full.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfoe/

Adjective

voi (comparative voller, superlative voistn)

1. full, filled
2. drunk

Adverb

voi

1. fully
2. very, quite, really

Bourguignon

Etymology

From Old French veoir, from Latin videre, present active infinitive of video.

Verb

voi

1. to see

   Les houmes n'aiveint de lote vie jaimois voizu teis princes que ceus-lai tant ai sont vaillants et porfaits

   The men had never seen such vaillant and perfect princes as those

Conjugation

infinitive			voi
gerund			voizant
auxiliary			aivoi
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		voizu		voizus
		plural		voizue		voizues
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j’)	tu (t')	ai (el), ale	je (j’)	vos	ai (el), ales
	present	vois	vois	voit	vions	viez	viant
	imperfect	vioos	vioos	vioot	vieins	vieins	vieint
	preterite	voizis	voizis	voizit	voizirens	voizirens	voizirent
	future	voiré	voirés	voiré	voirons	voirez	voiront
	conditional	voiroos	voiroos	voiroot	voireins	voireins	voireint
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu (t')	qu'ai (el), qu'ale	que je (j')	que vos	qu'ai (el), qu'ales
	present	voize	voizes	voize	voizeins	voizeins	voizeint
	imperfect	voizisse	voizisses	voizisse	voizisseins	voizisseins	voizisseint
imperative		—	tu	—	je (j')	vos	—
	present		vois		voizons	voizez

      Conjugation in Bourguignon (most of Bourgogne except the Morvan)

infinitive			voi
gerund			voïant (or viant)
auxiliary			aivoi
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		vu		vus
		plural		vue		vues
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		i	tu (t')	ai (el), ale	i	vos	ai (el), ales
	present	vois	vois	voit	voïons (or vions)	voïez (or viez)	voïant (or viant)
	imperfect	voïoos (or vioos)	voïoos (or vioos)	voïoot (or vioot)	voïeins (or vieins)	voïeins (or vieins)	voïeint (or vieint)
	preterite	voïs (or vis)	voïs (or vis)	voït (or vit)	voïrens (or virens)	voïrens (or virens)	voïrent (or virent)
	future	voiré	voirés	voiré	voirons	voirez	voiront
	conditional	voiroos	voiroos	voiroot	voireins	voireins	voireint
subjunctive		qu'i	que tu (t')	qu'ai (el), qu'ale	qu'i	que vos	qu'ai (el), qu'ales
	present	voïe	voïes	voïe	voïeins (or vieins)	voïeins (or vieins)	voïeint (or vieint)
	imperfect	voïsse (or visse)	voïsses (or visses)	voïsse (or visse)	voïsseins (or visseins)	voïsseins (or visseins)	voïsseint (or visseint)
imperative		—	tu	—	i	vos	—
	present		vois		voïons (or vions)	voïez (or viez)

      Alternative conjugation in the Morvan

Related terms

• voizous

Corsican

Alternative forms

• voscu, vo

Etymology

From Latin vos, from Old Latin vos, from Proto-Italic *wōs. Cognates include Italian voi and Romanian voi.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔj/

Pronoun

voi

1. ye, you (plural)

See also

		Nominative	Dative	Accusative	Disjunctive
Singular	1st person	eiu	mi		mè
	2nd person	tù	ti		tè
	3rd person m	ellu	li	u, l'	ellu
	3rd person f	ella		a, l'	ella
Plural	1st person	noi	ci		noi
	2nd person	voi	vi		voi
	3rd person m	elli	li	i, l'	elli
	3rd person f	elle		e, l'	elle

Corsican personal pronouns

References

• “voi, vo, voscu” in INFCOR: Banca di dati di a lingua corsa

Dalmatian

Etymology

From Latin vōs. Compare Italian voi, Romanian voi, French vous.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βoi/

Pronoun

voi

1. (second-person plural pronoun, oblique case) you

Related terms

• vu

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *voi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waje.^[1] Cognates include Estonian või, Northern Sami vuodja, Erzya ой (oj), Moksha вай (vaj) and Hungarian vaj.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋoi̯/, [ˈʋo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification^(key): voi

Noun

voi

1. butter

   voi on aina voita (Valio advertising slogan used for many decades) ― butter is always butter

Declension

Inflection of voi (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)
nominative		voi	voit
genitive		voin	voiden voitten
partitive		voita	voita
illative		voihin	voihin
		singular	plural
nominative		voi	voit
accusative	nom.	voi	voit
	gen.	voin
genitive		voin	voiden voitten
partitive		voita	voita
inessive		voissa	voissa
elative		voista	voista
illative		voihin	voihin
adessive		voilla	voilla
ablative		voilta	voilta
allative		voille	voille
essive		voina	voina
translative		voiksi	voiksi
abessive		voitta	voitta
instructive		—	voin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of voi (Kotus type 18/maa, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative voini voini accusative nom. voini voini gen. voini genitive voini voideni voitteni partitive voitani voitani inessive voissani voissani elative voistani voistani illative voihini voihini adessive voillani voillani ablative voiltani voiltani allative voilleni voilleni essive voinani voinani translative voikseni voikseni abessive voittani voittani instructive — — comitative — voineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative voisi voisi accusative nom. voisi voisi gen. voisi genitive voisi voidesi voittesi partitive voitasi voitasi inessive voissasi voissasi elative voistasi voistasi illative voihisi voihisi adessive voillasi voillasi ablative voiltasi voiltasi allative voillesi voillesi essive voinasi voinasi translative voiksesi voiksesi abessive voittasi voittasi instructive — — comitative — voinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative voimme voimme accusative nom. voimme voimme gen. voimme genitive voimme voidemme voittemme partitive voitamme voitamme inessive voissamme voissamme elative voistamme voistamme illative voihimme voihimme adessive voillamme voillamme ablative voiltamme voiltamme allative voillemme voillemme essive voinamme voinamme translative voiksemme voiksemme abessive voittamme voittamme instructive — — comitative — voinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative voinne voinne accusative nom. voinne voinne gen. voinne genitive voinne voidenne voittenne partitive voitanne voitanne inessive voissanne voissanne elative voistanne voistanne illative voihinne voihinne adessive voillanne voillanne ablative voiltanne voiltanne allative voillenne voillenne essive voinanne voinanne translative voiksenne voiksenne abessive voittanne voittanne instructive — — comitative — voinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative voinsa voinsa accusative nom. voinsa voinsa gen. voinsa genitive voinsa voidensa voittensa partitive voitaan voitansa voitaan voitansa inessive voissaan voissansa voissaan voissansa elative voistaan voistansa voistaan voistansa illative voihinsa voihinsa adessive voillaan voillansa voillaan voillansa ablative voiltaan voiltansa voiltaan voiltansa allative voilleen voillensa voilleen voillensa essive voinaan voinansa voinaan voinansa translative voikseen voiksensa voikseen voiksensa abessive voittaan voittansa voittaan voittansa instructive — — comitative — voineen voinensa

Derived terms

adjectives

• voinen
• voiton

 

nouns

• voide
• voikko

 

verbs

• voidella
• voitaa

 

compounds

• hasselpähkinävoi
• kaakaovoi
• karitevoi
• kasvisvoi
• kasvivoi
• keksivoi
• kirnuvoi
• kookosvoi
• maalaisvoi
• maapähkinävoi
• mantelivoi
• maustevoi
• meijerivoi
• munavoi
• omenavoi
• paranvoi
• persiljavoi
• pähkinävoi
• pöytävoi
• rapuvoi
• sitruunavoi
• valkosipulivoi
• vartalovoi
• voiastia
• voihappo
• voikakku
• voikala
• voikastike
• voi-kasviöljyseos
• voikeksi
• voikeltano
• voikirnu
• voikoukku
• voikreemi
• voikukka
• voilautanen
• voileipä
• voimuotti
• voinappi
• voinokare
• voinvalmistus
• voipaketti
• voipaperi
• voipulla
• voipuu
• voirasia
• voirousku
• voisarvi
• voisilmä
• voi-sokerivaahto
• voisula
• voitaikina
• voitatti
• voitee
• voivaahto
• voiveitsi
• voivuori
• yrttivoi

 

References

1. Junttila, Santeri, Kallio, Petri, Holopainen, Sampsa, Kuokkala, Juha, Pystynen, Juho, editors (2020–), “voi”, in Suomen vanhimman sanaston etymologinen verkkosanakirja‎ (in Finnish), retrieved 2024-01-01

Further reading

• “1. voi”, 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 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *voi (compare Ingrian voi, Karelian voi, Livonian võih, Ludian voi, Veps voi).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋoi̯/, [ˈʋo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification^(key): voi

Interjection

voi

1. oh, bloody, damn, too (used as intensifier before expletives, mild and vulgar alike)

   Alternative form: voe (dialectal)

   Voi ei! ― Oh no!

   Voi hyvä Luoja! ― Oh my God!

   Voi helvetti! ― Bloody hell! / Damn it! / Dammit!

   Voi vittu! / Voi perkele! / Voi saatana! ― Oh fuck! / Fuck! / Fuck it!

   Voi hitto! / Voi hurja! ― Buggers!

   Voi kiesus! ― Jesus!

   Voi sentään! ― Too bad!

2. poor (used to express sympathy)

   Voi sinua! ― Poor you!

Derived terms

• voihan
• voihkia
• voivoi
• voivotella

 

Related terms

• vaiva

Further reading

• “2. voi”, 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 2023-07-01

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋoi̯/, [ˈʋo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification^(key): voi

Verb

voi

1. third-person singular indicative present of voida

   Hän voi auttaa.

   S/he can help.

2. third-person singular indicative past of voida

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋoi̯ˣ/, [ˈʋo̞i̯(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -oi
• Syllabification^(key): voi

Verb

voi

1. indicative present connegative of voida

   En voi auttaa.

   I cannot help.

2. second-person singular imperative present of voida

   Voi hyvin!

   Be/Do well!

3. second-person singular imperative present connegative of voida

   Älä voi hyvin!

   Don't be/do well!

Anagrams

• ovi

Ingrian

Etymology 1

Voi (1).

Voi (2).

From Proto-Finnic *voi. Cognates include Finnish voi and Estonian või.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋoi̯/, [ˈʋo̞i̯]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋoi̯/, [ˈʋo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi̯
• Hyphenation: voi

Noun

voi

1. butter
2. oil
   • 1937, V. A. Tetjurev, translated by N. J. Molotsova, Loonnontiito oppikirja alkușkoulua vart (toin osa), Leningrad: Riikin Ucebno-Pedagogiceskoi Izdateljstva, page 16:

     Näijen kasvoin seemenist, niku i podsolnuhast, puserrettaa voita.

     From the seeds of these plants, just like from sunflowers, oil is pressed.

Declension

Declension of voi (type 8/maa, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	voi	voit
genitive	voin	voijen
partitive	voita	voita
illative	voihe	voihe
inessive	vois	vois
elative	voist	voist
allative	voille	voille
adessive	voil	voil
ablative	voilt	voilt
translative	voiks	voiks
essive	voinna, voin	voinna, voin
exessive1)	voint	voint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• lehmänvoi
• puuvoi
• päähkänävoi
• seemenvoi
• voikirnu
• voiliitti
• voimuro
• voipata
• voiseeni
• voitaa

 

Etymology 2

From Proto-Finnic *voi. Cognates include Finnish voi and Estonian voi.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋoi̯/, [ˈʋo̞i̯]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋoi̯/, [ˈʋo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi̯
• Hyphenation: voi

Interjection

voi

1. oh, woe

   ai voi ― oh-oh

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋoi̯/, [ˈʋo̞i̯]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋoi̯/, [ˈʋo̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi̯
• Hyphenation: voi

Verb

voi

1. inflection of voija:
   1. present indicative connegative
   2. third-person singular indicative past
   3. second-person singular imperative
   4. second-person singular imperative connegative

References

• Fedor Tumansky (1790) “вой”, in Опытъ повѣствованїя о дѣянїях, положенїи, состоянїи и раздѣленїи Санкт-Петербургской губернїи [An experiment of an account of the acts, location, condition and division of the Saint Petersburg gubernia], Краткїй словарь ижерскаго, финскаго, эстонскаго, чюдскаго, и ямскаго нарѣчїя съ россїйскимъ переводомъ [A short dictionary of the Ingrian, Finnish, Estonian, Chud and Yamtian dialects with a Russian translation], page 697
• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 675

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vōs, from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs, ultimately derived from Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Cognates with the same usage are the French vous and the Russian вы (vy).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvoj/^[1]

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -oj
• Hyphenation: vói

Pronoun

voi

1. you (second person plural)

Related terms

• voialtri, voi altri
• vostro
• vi

See also

Number	Person	Gender	Nominative	Reflexive	Accusative	Dative	Combined	Disjunctive	Locative	Partitive
Singular	first	—	io	mi, m', -mi			me	me	—
	second	—	tu	ti, t', -ti			te	te
	third	m	lui	si2, s', -si	lo, l', -lo	gli, -gli	glie, se2	lui, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
		f	lei, Lei1		la, La1, l', L'1, -la, -La1	le3, Le1, -le3, -Le1		lei, Lei1, sé
Plural	first	—	noi	ci, c', -ci			ce	noi	—
	second	—	voi, Voi4	vi, Vi4, v', V'4, -vi, -Vi4			ve	voi, Voi4
	third	m	loro, Loro1	si, s', -si	li, Li1, -li, -Li1	gli, -gli, loro (formal), Loro1	glie, se	loro, Loro1, sé	ci, c', vi, v' (formal)	ne, n'
		f			le, Le1, -le, -Le1
1	Third person pronominal forms used as formal terms of address to refer to second person subjects (with the first letter frequently capitalised as a sign of respect, and to distinguish them from third person subjects). Unlike the singular forms, the plural forms are mostly antiquated terms of formal address in the modern language, and second person plural pronouns are almost always used instead.
2	Also used as indefinite pronoun meaning “one”, and to form the passive.
3	Often replaced by gli, -gli in informal language.
4	Formal (capitalisation optional); in many regions, can refer to just one person (compare with French vous).

Italian personal pronouns

References

1. voi in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

Anagrams

• -ivo, Ivo, Vio, ovi-

Latgalian

Etymology

Borrowed from Livonian vȯi. Akin to Latvian vai.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvɔ̀i̯]
• Hyphenation: voi

Conjunction

voi

1. or

Particle

voi

1. Used to form polar questions.

Synonyms

• (particle): ci

References

• Nicole Nau (2011) A short grammar of Latgalian, München: LINCOM GmbH, →ISBN
• A. Andronov, L. Leikuma (2008) Latgalīšu-Latvīšu-Krīvu sarunu vuordineica, Lvava, →ISBN, page 13

Ludian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *voi.

Pronunciation

This entry needs pronunciation information. If you are familiar with the IPA then please add some!

Noun

voi

1. butter

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Megleno-Romanian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin voleō, from Latin volō.^[1] Compare Aromanian voi, Romanian vrea, voi.

Verb

voi

1. I want.

Related terms

• vreari / vreare / vręri / vreri

References

1. https://www.dex.ro/vrea

• Atasanov, Petar (1990) Le mégléno-roumain de nos jours: Une approche linguistique, Hamburg: Buske

Middle Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-vɔːj.

Pronunciation

• (Đông Kinh) [wɔj^A1]

Noun

voi (㺔, 𤠅, 𤢇)

1. (zoology) elephant

   voi dữ ― wild elephant

   vòi voi ― elephant trunk

   Voi mẹp.

   The elephant lies down (to allow a human to mount).

   bành voi ― an elephant's howdah

   Voi thăóc (kêu, róu᷄).

   The elephant trumpets.

Derived terms

• quan voi

Descendants

• Vietnamese: voi

References

• Alexandre de Rhodes (1651) “voi”, in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (in Middle Vietnamese, Latin, and Portuguese), Rome: Propaganda Fide

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vuj/

Pronoun

voi

1. you (second person plural)

Related terms

• vojàutri

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [voj]
• Rhymes: -oj

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin vōs, from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs.

Pronoun

voi

1. (nominative form) you (group being addressed)

   Synonym: (polite form) dumneavoastră

Declension

Nominative
voi
Accusative
stressed		unstressed
voi		vă
Genitive
Singular		Plural
m & n	f	m	f & n
vostru	voastră	voștri	voastre
Dative
stressed		unstressed
vouă		vă
Reflexive
Accusative		Dative
stressed	unstressed	stressed	unstressed
voi	vă	vouă	vă

Pronoun

voi (stressed accusative form of voi)

1. (direct object, preceded by preposition, such as "pe", "cu", "la" or "pentru") you (group being addressed)

See also

		singular	plural
1st person		eu	noi
2nd person	plain	tu	voi
	semi-polite	dumneata	dumneavoastră
	polite	dumneavoastră
3rd person familiar	m	el	ei
	f	ea	ele
3rd person polite	m	dumnealui	dumnealor
	f	dumneaei

Romanian personal pronouns

Etymology 2

Formed on the basis of voi, the variant first person singular of vrea (normally vreau), possibly from Vulgar Latin voleō for Latin volō. Compare Aromanian voi.

See also further information at va.

Verb

(eu) voi (modal auxiliary, first-person singular form of vrea, used with infinitives to form future indicative tenses)

1. (I) will

Usage notes

As a modal auxiliary, voi and its other forms are used with the infinitive forms of verbs.

• Voi mânca când vreau.

  I will eat when I want to.

• Crezi tu că vor veni?

  Do you think they will come?

Conjugation

number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	voi	vei	va	vom	veți	vor

    conjugation of voi (auxiliary verb, forms the future indicative tense)

Etymology 3

Unknown. Possibly from voie and influenced by the above and vrea (compare variant vroi). Compare Slavic voliti.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [voˈi]

Verb

a voi (third-person singular present voiește, past participle voit) 4th conj.

1. to want

   Synonym: vrea

2. to want to, intend, be inclined to

   Synonym: intenționa

Conjugation

infinitive			a voi
gerund			voind
past participle			voit
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	voiesc	voiești	voiește	voim	voiți	voiesc
	imperfect	voiam	voiai	voia	voiam	voiați	voiau
	simple perfect	voii	voiși	voi	voirăm	voirăți	voiră
	pluperfect	voisem	voiseși	voise	voiserăm	voiserăți	voiseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să voiesc	să voiești	să voiască	să voim	să voiți	să voiască
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		voiește			voiți
	negative		nu voi			nu voiți

    conjugation of voi (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

Related terms

• voință

Sassarese

Etymology

From Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs, from the oblique forms of Proto-Indo-European *yū́.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvoi/

Pronoun

voi

1. you (plural)
   • c. 19^th century, anonymous author, “[untitled song]”, in Giovanni Spano, editor, Canti popolari in dialetto sassarese‎, volume 1 (overall work in Italian and Sassarese), Cagliari, published 1873, song 2, page 63:

     Mireddi s’in calch’ iltanti
     Edda si moltra affannadda,
     Oppuru appassionadda
     Sulpira par altr’ amanti,
     Mireddi si calchi iltanti
     Ha di voi cumpassioni.

     [Mireddi s’in calch’ isthanti
     Edda si mosthra affannadda,
     Oppuru appassionadda
     Suippira par althr’ amanti,
     Mireddi si calchi isthanti
     Ha di voi cumpassioni.]

     Look if, sometimes, she seems tired; or [if] she passionately sighs for other lovers. Look if, sometimes, she pities you.

     (literally, “Look if in some instants she appears tired, or passionate sighs for other lovers, look if [in] some instants [she] has of you compassion.”)

Related terms

• vosthru

See also

• vi

References

• Rubattu, Antoninu (2006) Dizionario universale della lingua di Sardegna, 2nd edition, Sassari: Edes

Sicilian

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *boem, from Latin bōs, bovem. Compare Italian bue.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔ.i/
• Hyphenation: vò‧i

Noun

voi m

1. (zoology) ox (castrated male of cattle)

Descendants

• Italian: Lo Voi (from “lu voi”)

Further reading

• Traina, Antonino (1868) “voi”, in Nuovo vocabolario Siciliano-Italiano [New Sicilian-Italian vocabulary] (in Italian), Liber Liber, published 2020, pages 4577–4578

Veps

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *voi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *waje.

Pronunciation

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Noun

voi

1. butter

Inflection

Inflection of voi (inflection type 2/kodi)
nominative sing.	voi
genitive sing.	voin
partitive sing.	void
partitive plur.	void
	singular	plural
nominative	voi	void
accusative	voin	void
genitive	voin	voiden
partitive	void	void
essive-instructive	voin	voin
translative	voikš	voikš
inessive	voiš	voiš
elative	voišpäi	voišpäi
illative	voihe	voihe
adessive	voil	voil
ablative	voilpäi	voilpäi
allative	voile	voile
abessive	voita	voita
comitative	voinke	voidenke
prolative	voidme	voidme
approximative I	voinno	voidenno
approximative II	voinnoks	voidennoks
egressive	voinnopäi	voidennopäi
terminative I	voihesai	voihesai
terminative II	voilesai	voilesai
terminative III	voissai	—
additive I	voihepäi	voihepäi
additive II	voilepäi	voilepäi

Derived terms

• mavoi
• voiastii
• voileib
• voimuju
• voipu
• voisegoituz
• voisen'

References

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “масло”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese 㺔 (voi), from Proto-Vietic *-vɔːj. Related to vòi (“trunk”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɔj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɔj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [vɔj˧˧] ~ [jɔj˧˧]

Noun

(classifier con, thớt) voi • (㺔, 𤠅, 𤢇)

1. an elephant (mammal)

   ngà voi ― elephant tusks

   Thầy bói xem voi ― Fortune-Tellers Examining an Elephant

Usage notes

• The usage of the classifier thớt is now mostly archaic or historical.

See also

• vòi (“trunk”)

Derived terms

• cá voi
• được voi đòi tiên
• quan voi
• voi ma-mút

 

Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *voi.

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈvoi̯/, [ˈvoi̯]
• Rhymes: -oi̯
• Hyphenation: voi

Interjection

voi

1. oh

References

• Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “voi”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn