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hoi

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Etymology 1

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Presumably from Malay hoi (hey) simply because of the fact that 蕳砃𫈉砃 is also from Malay Malay kentang (potato) idk maybe being from hong kong would make more sense if it's not documented anywhere which gives me the impression that it's recent or I'm just not digging deep enough.

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hoi

  1. (Teochew) a call to gain someone's attention; hey!
    Hoihoi [Teochew, trad.]
    Hoihoi [Teochew, simp.]
    Hoi7! Lu2 hoi1 dioh8 ua2 ziah4 cia1 ao7 [Peng'im]
    Hey! You scratched my car!

Etymology 2

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Contraction of 互挨 and also written as 𫏬 apparently from this random article.

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hoi

  1. (Teochew) to scrape side by side, usually causing damage; to scratch
    Hoihoi [Teochew, trad.]
    Hoihoi [Teochew, simp.]
    Hoi7! Lu2 hoi1 dioh8 ua2 ziah4 cia1 ao7 [Peng'im]
    Hey! You scratched my car!

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oi

  1. (Teochew) hoi (not really sure, i mean it's definitely just a reduction, but i feel like there's never a /ʔ/ preceding it so there's like an underlying or really weak /h/ before, whereas the next definition definitely has a /ʔ/ before so maybe diff etymology)
  2. (Teochew) response to someone calling for you (or however you wanna phrase it); yes
    ?——Oi只塊 [Teochew, trad.]
    ?——Oi只块 [Teochew, simp.]
    Ma1? — Oi7, ua2 do6 zio2! [Peng'im]
    Mom? —Yeah, I'm here!