# oy
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɔɪ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔɪ

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Yiddish אוי (oy, “oh, oy”).

#### Interjection

oy
* An exclamation typically expressing mild frustration or expressing feelings of uncertainty or concern.

##### Alternative forms

* oi

##### Derived terms

* oy gevalt
* oy vey

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Interjection

oy
* Alternative spelling of oi (“hey, hi, yo”)

### Anagrams

* YO, y.o., y/o, yo, yo'

## Cornish
### Etymology

From Proto-Celtic *āwyom, from Proto-Indo-European *h₂ōwyóm (“egg”), likely a derivative of *h₂éwis (“bird”) (whence also Latin avis (“bird”)). Compare Welsh wy, Breton vi.

### Pronunciation

* (Revived Middle Cornish) IPA: [ɔˑɪ]
* (Revived Late Cornish) IPA: [ʊˑɪ]

### Noun

oy m (plural oyow)
* egg

#### Derived terms

* gwynn oy m (“egg white”)
* melyn oy m (“egg yolk”)
* oy bryjys m (“boiled egg”)
* oy frankres m (“free-range egg”)
* oy friys m (“fried egg”)
* oy skramblys m (“scrambled egg”)

## Faroese
### Alternative forms

* oyggj (Modern Faroese)

### Etymology

From Old Norse ey.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ɔiːj]

### Noun

oy f (genitive singular oyar, plural oyar)
* (obsolete, poetic) island

#### Usage notes

Survives in Faroese island names, e.g. Borðoy, Eysturoy, Fugloy, Hestoy, Kalsoy, Kunoy, Nólsoy, Sandoy, Skúvoy, Streymoy, Suðuroy, Svínoy, Vágoy Viðoy and Føroyar

#### Declension

(NB: This is not in use at the island names, see oyggj)

## Finnish
### Alternative forms

* OY, Oy

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈoːˌyː/, [ˈo̞ːˌyː]
* Rhymes: -yː

### Noun

oy
* (business) LLC; initialism of osakeyhtiö (“limited liability company”).

#### Usage notes

According to KOTUS the non-capitalized form oy is the recommended one. It is also used in the current Limited Liability Companies Act in force since 2006. In the older law the abbreviation was Oy and it is still widely used in non-official contexts.

#### Declension

Inflection of oy (Kotus type 18/maa)
singular
plural
nominative
oy
oy:t
genitive
oy:n
oy:iden oy:itten
partitive
oy:tä
oy:itä
accusative
oy oy:n
oy:t
inessive
oy:ssä
oy:issä
elative
oy:stä
oy:istä
illative
oy:hyn
oy:ihin
adessive
oy:llä
oy:illä
ablative
oy:ltä
oy:iltä
allative
oy:lle
oy:ille
essive
oy:nä
oy:inä
translative
oy:ksi
oy:iksi
abessive
oy:ttä
oy:ittä
instructive
oy:in
comitative
oy:ineen :

### See also

* oyj

### Further reading

* “oy”, 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

## Gutnish
### Etymology

From Old Norse ey, from Proto-Germanic *awjō. Cognates include Swedish ö, and Faroese oy.

### Noun

oy f (definite oyi)
* island

## Ladino
### Alternative forms

* hoy (Haketía), oi (Romania)

### Etymology

Inherited from Old Spanish oy (“today”), from Latin hodiē. Cognate with Portuguese hoje and Spanish hoy.

### Pronunciation

* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Adverb

oy (Hebrew spelling אויי)
* today (this day) [16th c.]
** 1979 July, Moshe Shaul, “Istoria i Dezvelopamiento del Djudeo-Espaniol”, in Aki Yerushalayim‎, archived from the original on 3 December 2020, page 11:La primera de eyas es ke el djudeo-espaniol kontiene un grande numero de arkaizmos o sea, palavras ke eran empleadas en Espania asta el siglo XV ma ke dezparesieron dezde entonses de su vokabulario, mientres ke en el djudeo-espaniol kontinuan a existir asta oy.The first of them is that Judeo-Spanish contains a large number of archaisms, or rather, words that were used in Spain until the 15th century but which disappeared after then from its vocabulary, while in Judeo-Spanish they continue to be used to this day.
** 2006, Matilda Koén-Sarano, Por el plazer de kontar‎, page 434:"A!" le dishi, "Oy no es un día mazalozo… Poko antes me se rompió el mango de la chanta…"‘Gah!’ somebody said to another, ‘Today is not a lucky day… A little earlier my suitcase handle broke.’

### References

* ↑ “oy”, in Trezoro de la Lengua Djudeoespanyola.

### Anagrams

* yo

## Old Spanish
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin hodiē. Cognates include Old French hui and Old Galician-Portuguese oge.

### Adverb

oy
* today

#### Descendants

* Ladino: oy, אויי
* Spanish: hoy

### References

* Ralph Steele Boggs et al. (1946) “oy”, in Tentative Dictionary of Medieval Spanish, volume II, Chapel Hill, page 374

## Scots
### Interjection

oy
* Alternative spelling of oigh

### Noun

oy (plural oys)
* grandchild

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* uy

### Etymology

Probably a natural expression, as may be inferred from its presence with similar meaning in many other unrelated languages: English hey, Mandarin 哎 (āi), Latin eia, Czech ahoj, and Yiddish אוי (oy, “oh, oy”).

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog) IPA: /ˈʔoj/ [ˈʔoɪ̯]
* Rhymes: -oj
* Syllabification: oy

### Interjection

oy (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜌ᜔)
* (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used to call the attention of somebody: hey!
    Oy, tingnan n'yo 'to!Hey, look at this!
* (colloquial, informal) Alternative form of hoy: expression used as a warning or as a protest: hey!
    Oy! 'Wag!Hey! Don't!
* (colloquial, informal) an informal greeting: hey!
    Oy! Kamusta?Hey! How are you?
* (colloquial, informal) an expression of surprise: hey!
    Oy! Bago 'to ah!Hey! This is new!

### Anagrams

* 'yo

## Tocharian A
### Interjection

oy
* alas

## Turkish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /oj/

### Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from Ottoman Turkish اوی (oy, “thought”), itself from Old Anatolian Turkish اوی (oy), ultimately from onomatopoeic origin. Initially reintroduced to the language during 1930s as a Turkic replacement for fikir and rey (see kamuoyu (“public opinion”)).

#### Noun

oy (definite accusative oyu, plural oylar)
* vote
    Synonym: (rare) rey
* (obsolete or rare) opinion, thought, vision [1935]
    Synonyms: görüş, fikir, (obsolete) rey

##### Declension

singular
plural
nominative
oy
oylar
definite accusative
oyu
oyları
dative
oya
oylara
locative
oyda
oylarda
ablative
oydan
oylardan
genitive
oyun
oyların
Possessive forms
nominative
singular
plural
1st singular
oyum
oylarım
2nd singular
oyun
oyların
3rd singular
oyu
oyları
1st plural
oyumuz
oylarımız
2nd plural
oyunuz
oylarınız
3rd plural
oyları
oyları
definite accusative
singular
plural
1st singular
oyumu
oylarımı
2nd singular
oyunu
oylarını
3rd singular
oyunu
oylarını
1st plural
oyumuzu
oylarımızı
2nd plural
oyunuzu
oylarınızı
3rd plural
oylarını
oylarını
dative
singular
plural
1st singular
oyuma
oylarıma
2nd singular
oyuna
oylarına
3rd singular
oyuna
oylarına
1st plural
oyumuza
oylarımıza
2nd plural
oyunuza
oylarınıza
3rd plural
oylarına
oylarına
locative
singular
plural
1st singular
oyumda
oylarımda
2nd singular
oyunda
oylarında
3rd singular
oyunda
oylarında
1st plural
oyumuzda
oylarımızda
2nd plural
oyunuzda
oylarınızda
3rd plural
oylarında
oylarında
ablative
singular
plural
1st singular
oyumdan
oylarımdan
2nd singular
oyundan
oylarından
3rd singular
oyundan
oylarından
1st plural
oyumuzdan
oylarımızdan
2nd plural
oyunuzdan
oylarınızdan
3rd plural
oylarından
oylarından
genitive
singular
plural
1st singular
oyumun
oylarımın
2nd singular
oyunun
oylarının
3rd singular
oyunun
oylarının
1st plural
oyumuzun
oylarımızın
2nd plural
oyunuzun
oylarınızın
3rd plural
oylarının
oylarının :

##### Derived terms

* kamuoyu
* oy vermek
* oylamak

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

oy
* second-person singular imperative of oymak

### References

* ↑ Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “oy”, in Nişanyan Sözlük

### Further reading

* “oy”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu

## Uzbek
### Etymology

Inherited from Chagatai آی (ʾāy /⁠āy⁠/, “moon; month”), from Proto-Turkic *āy (“moon; month”). Cognate with Uyghur ئاي / ay / ай (“moon; month”); Turkmen aý (“moon; month”), Azerbaijani آی / ај / ay (“moon; month; date”), Turkish ay (“moon; month”), etc.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ɒj/, [ɒ̽j]
* Hyphenation: oy

### Noun

oy (plural oylar)
* moon
* month

#### Declension
## Volapük
### Pronoun

oy
* (indefinite personal pronoun) one