vui

See also: VUI, Vui, vùi, and vuiˬ

Bavarian

Alternative forms

vej (West Central Bavarian, alternative pronunciation)
vü (East Central Bavarian)

Etymology

Cognate with German viel.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /fui̯/ (West Central Bavarian)

Adjective

vui

many, much

Adverb

vui

much

Italiot Greek

Etymology

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

Noun

vui n (Greek spelling βούι)

ox

Romanian

Etymology

Onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vuˈi/

Verb

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

to make noise, roar, boom, thunder, rumble, din
to swish
to mutter

Conjugation

conjugation of vui (fourth conjugation, -esc- infix)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a vui
gerund			vuind
past participle			vuit
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
subjunctive	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

vuiet

References

“vui”, in DEX online—Dicționare ale limbii române (Dictionaries of the Romanian language) (in Romanian), 2004–2025

Vietnamese

Alternative forms

(North Central Vietnam) bui (no lenition)
(nonstandard orthography based on Southern dialects, internet slang) dzui

Etymology

Inherited 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, c. 12th cent.) as 𬐩, consisting of 司 (MC si) + 盃 (MC pwoj) (modern SV: ti bôi). Attested as Northern Middle Vietnamese ꞗui (already undergone lenition) in Dictionarium Annamiticum Lusitanum et Latinum (1651).

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vuj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vuj˧˧]
(Saigon) IPA^(key): [vuj˧˧] ~ [juj˧˧]
Audio (Saigon): (file)

Adjective

vui • (盃, 𢝙, 𢠿, 𣡝, 𬐩)

merry; joyful; gay
Antonym: buồn

niềm vui ― joy
- 1928, Hồ Biểu Chánh, chapter V, in Chút phận linh đình:
  - Sài Gòn vui quá má hả! Phải ba còn, ba đem mình về trong nầy ở thì vui biết chừng nào.
  "Saigon really is lively, don't you think so, mom? If dad was still alive, just think about all the fun we could have had if he took us here."

Derived terms

Wakhi

Etymology

Compare Tajik бӯй (büy).

Noun

vui

smell