ôi

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oi"

Vietnamese

Etymology

From Proto-Mon-Khmer *sʔuj; cognate with Mon သ္အဲု (ui, “to be rotten, putrid”) ~ Khmer ស្អុយ (sʼoy, “putrid, to stink”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔoj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔoj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔoj˧˧]

Adjective

ôi • (𦞏)

1. tainted (meat), putrid (flesh)

   thịt ôi ― spoiled meat