# вуй
## Eastern Mari
### Etymology

From Proto-Mari *wuj, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa. Cognate with Western Mari вуй (vuj).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /βuj/
* Rhymes: -uj
* Hyphenation: вуй

### Noun

вуй • (vuj)
* (anatomy) head
    вуйыштыжо упшvujyštyžo upš(s)he has a hat on his/her head
* (figuratively) existence, being
* mind, head, brains
* (unit) head, capita (when counting)
    вольык вуйvoĺyk vujhead of cattle
* top, summit, peak, apex
* tip, tip of something, head
* border, edge, end
* (botany) head
* (botany) inflorescence
* backrest, back
* ridge, dome
* front part
* tip (of shoe or sock)
* ear (of grain)
* (figuratively) head, chief
* (figuratively) desires, wishes

#### Declension

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#### Derived terms

* арнявуй (arńavuj)
* моклакавуйчача (moklakavujčača)

### References

* J. Bradley et al. (2023) “вуй”, in The Mari Web Project: Mari-English Dictionary, University of Vienna

## Old Ruthenian
### Alternative forms

* уй (uj)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old East Slavic вуи (vui), оуи (ui), from Proto-Slavic *ujь.

### Noun

вуй • (vuj) m pers
* maternal uncle

#### Descendants

* Belarusian: вуй (vuj) (dialectal)
* Ukrainian: вуй (vuj), уй (uj) (dialectal)

### Further reading

* Tymchenko, E. K., editor (1930), “вуй”, in Історичний словник українського язика [Historical Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), volume 1, number 1 (А – Г), Kharkiv, Kyiv: State Publishing House of Ukraine, page 354
* Zhurawski, A. I., editor (1986), “вуй”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 5 (всперати – выорати), Minsk: Navuka i tekhnika, page 54
* Bulyka, A. M., editor (2017), “уй”, in Гістарычны слоўнік беларускай мовы [Historical Dictionary of the Belarusian Language] (in Belarusian), numbers 37 (чорное – ящыкъ), Minsk: Belaruskaia navuka, →ISBN, page 325
* Hrynchyshyn, D. H., editor (1998), “вуй”, in Словник української мови XVI – 1-ї пол. XVII ст. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language of 16ᵗʰ – 1ˢᵗ half of 17ᵗʰ c.] (in Ukrainian), numbers 5 (впрашати – выпродати), Lviv: KIUS, →ISBN, page 71
* Tymchenko, E. K. (2002) “вуй”, in Nimchuk, V. V., editor, Матеріали до словника писемної та книжної української мови XV–XVIII ст. [Materials for the Dictionary of the Written and Book Ukrainian Language of 15ᵗʰ–18ᵗʰ cc.] (in Ukrainian), volumes 1 (А – Н), Kyiv, New York: National Academy of Sciences of Ukraine, Ukrainian Academy of Arts and Sciences in the U.S., →ISBN, page 125

## Russian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vuj]

### Noun

вуй • (vuj) m anim (genitive ву́я, nominative plural ву́и, genitive plural ву́ев)
* Alternative form of уй (uj)

#### Declension
## Ukrainian
### Etymology

From Old Ukrainian уй (uj), from Proto-Slavic *ujь.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [wui̯]

### Noun

вуй • (vuj) m pers (genitive ву́я, nominative plural ву́ї, genitive plural ву́їв) (dialectal)
* maternal uncle
    Coordinate term: стрий (stryj)
* gaffer (an older man)

#### Derived terms

* ву́йко (vújko)
* ву́йна (vújna)

### Further reading

* Hrinchenko, Borys, editor (1907–1909), “вуй”, in Словарь украинского языка [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Russian), Kyiv: Kievskaya starina
* Bilodid, I. K., editor (1970–1980), “вуй”, in Словник української мови: в 11 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 11 vols] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka
* Rusanivskyi, V. M., editor (2012), “вуй”, in Словник української мови: у 20 т. [Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language: in 20 vols] (in Ukrainian), volumes 3 (відстава́ння – ґура́льня), Kyiv: Ukrainian Lingua-Information Fund, →ISBN

## Western Mari
### Etymology

From Proto-Mari *wuj, from Proto-Uralic *ojwa. Cognates include Eastern Mari вуй (vuj).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈβuj/
* Rhymes: -uj
* Hyphenation: вуй

### Noun

вуй • (vuj)
* (anatomy) head
* end
* top, upper part
* ear (fruiting body of a grain plant)
* beginning, source, origin
* head (of pin, hammer, nail, etc.)

#### Derived terms

* кӱвуй (küvuj)

### References

* Savatkova, A. A. (2008) “вуй”, in Slovarʹ gornomarijskovo jazyka [Hill Mari language dictionary] (in Russian), Yoshkar-Ola: Mari publisher, →ISBN
* K. I. Belyaev & P. P. Romashkin (1944) Русско-Марийский Словарь [Russian-Mari Dictionary] (overall work in Russian), Kozmodemyansk: Маргосиздатын Кырык-Мары Филиал, page 63