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解説 Definition
古風またはまれな間投詞で、離れた相手の注意を引いたり呼びかけたりする「おい」「やあ」。
Hoy is an old or uncommon interjection shouted to attract someone’s attention or to greet a person at a distance, roughly equivalent to “hey,” “ho,” or “ahoy.”
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
hoy は離れた相手の注意を引く「おい、やあ」という古風な間投詞です。意味と形が近い ahoy を手掛かりに、声を相手へ投げる場面を思い浮かべます。現代の日常会話では hello より珍しく、綴りが似たスペイン語の hoy「今日」とは別語なので区別します。
Think of hoy as a short call thrown toward someone who is some distance away. It functions like “hey!” or the longer nautical-sounding ahoy, attracting attention before any real message follows. Its historical character makes it much less usual in ordinary modern conversation than hello or hey. The connection with ahoy provides a reliable memory link because both can be used as calls. Do not confuse English hoy with the identical Spanish spelling hoy, which means “today” and has a completely different history.
例文
Hoy! Wait for me!
おーい！ 私を待ってくれ！
Hoy there! Can you hear me?
そこの人！ 私の声が聞こえますか？
hoy の語源・成り立ち Etymology
中英語の間投詞 hoy にさかのぼる呼びかけの語で、人の注意を引く「おい、やあ」という声そのものが語源です。のちに h を落とした oi も生まれ、ahoy も同系なので、相手へ声を投げる感じから意味がつかめます。
The interjection hoy is recorded from Middle English as a cry used to attract attention. Its form reflects a direct vocal call rather than a combination of productive English affixes. It is related in use and history to ho and ahoy, other exclamations projected toward someone at a distance. The form oi, also used as an attention-getting call, developed without the initial h. Spanish hoy, meaning “today,” is unrelated.
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