amoi

From Hakka 阿妹 (a-moi, “younger sister”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.moi̯]
• Hyphenation: a‧moi

amoi

1. (Chinese) Chinese girl

• "amoi" in Susilo, Firman (2018) Kamus Bahasa Melayu Bangka – Indonesia [Bangka Malay – Indonesian Dictionary]‎^[1] (in Indonesian), Pangkalpinang: Bangka-Belitung Language Center Office

• oamoi (West Central Bavarian)

From Middle High German einmāle, equivalent to a +‎ -moi. Cognate with German einmal and Dutch eenmaal.

• (East Central) IPA^(key): /ˈaːmɔe/
• Hyphenation: a‧moi

amoi

1. once, one time (one and only one time)
2. once (formerly; during some period in the past)
3. sometime (at an indefinite but stated time in the past or future)
4. first of all, firstly (as an initial point; before any other considerations)

From Zhangzhou Hokkien 阿妹 (a-mōe, “younger sister”).

• IPA^(key): [ˈa.moi̯]
• Hyphenation: a‧moi

amoi (plural amoi-amoi)

1. Chinese girl

• amoy (nonstandard)

• “amoi” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Borrowed from Zhangzhou Hokkien 阿妹 (a-mōe, “younger sister”).

amoi

1. Chinese girl

Borrowed from Zhangzhou Hokkien 阿妹 (a-mōe, “younger sister”).

amoi

1. Chinese girl

• IPA^(key): [amoj]

amoi

1. ritual pollution; taboo object or animal or action, or taboo matter considered present in an object, animal, etc.

• Cáceres, Natalia (2011) “amoi”, in Grammaire Fonctionnelle-Typologique du Ye’kwana‎^[2], Lyon
• Guss, David M. (1989) To Weave and Sing: Art, Symbol, and Narrative in the South American Rain Forest, Berkeley and Los Angeles: University of California Press, →ISBN, pages 66, 231: “amoihe”
• Lauer, Matthew Taylor (2005) Fertility in Amazonia: Indigenous Concepts of the Human Reproductive Process Among the Ye’kwana of Southern Venezuela‎^[3], Santa Barbara: University of California, pages 223, 246–248: “amoi”