Aromanian

Pronoun

voi

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

Related terms

• voauã
• vã

Pronoun

voi

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

See also

• io/iou, mini
• tu, tini
• el/elu, nãs
• noi
• nãsh, elj

Etymology 2

From Vulgar Latin *voleō, from Latin volō. Compare Daco-Romanian vrea, vreau (variant voi), Istriot vuoi, Italian volere, voglio.

Alternative forms

• voiu

Verb

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

1. I want.
2. I love.

Related terms

• vreari/vreare
• vrut, vrutã

Asturian

Verb

voi

1. first-person singular present indicative of dir

Dalmatian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /βoi/

Pronoun

voi

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

Related terms

• vu

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋoi̯/
• Hyphenation: voi
• Rhymes: -oi

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *voi, From Proto-Finno-Ugric *woje. Cognates include Hungarian vaj, Estonian või, Northern Sami vuodja, and Ter Sami vɨjj.

Noun

voi

1. butter

Declension

Derived terms

• nouns: voide
• adjectives: voinen
• verbs: voidella

Compounds

Etymology 2

Interjection

voi

1. oh

   voi ei! (oh no!)

Derived terms

• voivotella

Etymology 3

Verb

voi

1. Third-person singular indicative present form of voida.

   • Hän voi auttaa.
     • S/he can help.

2. Third-person singular indicative past form of voida.
3. Indicative present connegative form of voida.

   • (Minä) en/ (Sinä) et/ Hän ei/ (Me) emme/ (Te) ette/ He eivät/ voi auttaa.
     • I/You/He (She)/We/You/They/ cannot help.

4. Second-person singular imperative present form of voida.

   • Voi hyvin!
     • Do well!

5. Second-person singular imperative present connegative form of voida.

   • Älä voi hyvin!
     • Don't do well!

Anagrams

• ovi

Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *voi, from Proto-Finno-Ugric *woje. Cognates include Hungarian vaj, Estonian või, Northern Sami vuodja, and Ter Sami vɨjj.

Noun

voi ‎(genitive voin, partitive voita)

1. butter

Declension

Italian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -oi
• vói
• IPA^(key): /ˈvoi/

Pronoun

voi

1. The second person plural familiar pronoun, voi refers to the persons who are spoken or written to: you.

Related terms

• voialtri, voi altri
• vostro
• vi

See also

• Loro
• tu

Anagrams

• Ivo

Lojban

Rafsi

voi

1. rafsi of vofli.

Cmavo

voi

1. Introduces a non-veridical restrictive relative clause: which-I-describe-as.

   ta voi nanmu cu ninmu

   That-thing which-I-describe-as a-man is-a-woman.

   That guy is actually a woman.

Related terms

• noi
• poi

Middle Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *-vɔːj; compare archaic Chinese 爲 ‎(vi, vị)

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

• De Rhodes, Alexandre (1651), “voi”, Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum

Romanian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [voj]

Etymology 1

From Latin vōs, from Old Latin vōs, from Proto-Italic *wōs

Pronoun

voi

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

Declension

Synonyms

• dumneavoastră (polite form)

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

Etymology 2

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

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 they come?

Etymology 3

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

Verb

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

1. to want
2. to want to, intend, be inclined to

Synonyms

• (want):vrea
• (intend): intenționa

Conjugation

Related terms

• voință

Veps

Etymology

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

Noun

voi

1. butter

Inflection

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; compare archaic Chinese 爲 ‎(vi, vị)

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vɔj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vɔj˧˧]
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vʲɔj˧˥]

Noun

(classifier con) voi ‎(㺔, 𤠅, 𤢇)

1. (zoology) elephant

Derived terms

• cá voi ‎(“whale”)
• voi ma-mút ‎(“mammoth”)
• được voi đòi tiên

See also

• vòi ‎(“trunk”)