hois
Indonesian
Etymology
Pronunciation
- (Standard Indonesian) IPA(key): /ˈhois/ [ˈho.ɪs]
- Rhymes: -ois
- Syllabification: hois
Noun
hois (plural hois-hois)
Further reading
- “hois”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016
Irish
Alternative forms
- huis (obsolete)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /hiʃ/[1]
Etymology 1
Onomatopoeic.
Interjection
hois!
- shoo! (said to a cow being driven)
Further reading
- Dinneen, Patrick S. (1927), “huis”, in Foclóir Gaeḋilge agus Béarla, 2nd edition, Dublin: Irish Texts Society, page 582; reprinted with additions 1996, →ISBN
- Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “hois”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
Etymology 2
Noun
hois m
- h-prothesized form of ois
References
- ^ Sjoestedt, M. L. (1931), Phonétique d’un parler irlandais de Kerry [Phonetics of an Irish Dialect of Kerry] (in French), Paris: Librairie Ernest Leroux, § 89, page 49