vui

See also: VUI, Vui, and vùi

Bavarian

Alternative forms
  • vej (West Central Bavarian, alternative pronunciation)
  • vü (East Central Bavarian)

Etymology

Cognate with German viel.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /fui̯/ (West Central)

Adjective

vui

  1. many, much

Adverb

vui

  1. much

Italiot Greek

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian bue, from Latin bos. Compare Sicilian voi.

Noun

vui n (Greek spelling βούι)

  1. ox

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /vuˈi/

Verb

a vui (third-person singular present vuiește, past participle vuit) 4th conj.

  1. to make noise, roar, boom, thunder, rumble, din
  2. to swish
  3. to mutter

Conjugation
    conjugation of vui (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)
infinitive a vui
gerund vuind
past participle vuit
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 vuiesc vuiești vuiește vuim vuiți vuiesc
imperfect vuiam vuiai vuia vuiam vuiați vuiau
simple perfect vuii vuiși vui vuirăm vuirăți vuiră
pluperfect vuisem vuiseși vuise vuiserăm vuiserăți vuiseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să vuiesc să vuiești să vuiască să vuim să vuiți să vuiască
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative vuiește vuiți
negative nu vui nu vuiți

Derived terms

References

Vietnamese

Alternative forms
  • (North Central Vietnam) bui

Etymology

From Middle Vietnamese ꞗui, from Proto-Vietic *t-puːj (“joyful”); cognate with Muong pui, Tho [Cuối Chăm] puːj¹ and Chut [Rục] təpuːj¹. Compare also Nghệ An/Hà Tĩnh dialects bui.

Attested in Phật thuyết đại báo phụ mẫu ân trọng kinh (佛說大報父母恩重經) as 𬐩, consisting of 司 (MC si) and 盃 (MC pwoj) (modern SV: ti bôi).

Pronunciation
  • (Hà Nội) IPA(key): [vuj˧˧]
  • (Huế) IPA(key): [vuj˧˧]
  • (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA(key): [vuj˧˧] ~ [juj˧˧]
  • Audio (Hồ Chí Minh City)(file)

Adjective

vui • (盃, 𢝙, 𢠿, 𣡝, 𬐩)

  1. merry; joyful; gay
    Antonym: buồn
    niềm vui ― joy

See also
Derived terms

Wakhi

Etymology

Compare Tajik бӯй (büy).

Noun

vui

  1. smell
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