oxi

See also: Oxi, öxi, oxi-, and όχι

English

Etymology 1

Based on the typographic similarity to the Greek όχι (óchi).

Pronunciation

• (Greek pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈɔçi/
• (proscribed spelling pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɒksi/

Interjection

oxi

1. (In Greek contexts) no.
   • 1961, Report of the National Council for Historic Sites and Buildings:

     But the Greek archaeological committee met on the site, looked at our plans, and said, "Oxi, we will not approve anything that looks like the Roman approach to this sacred Greek temple."

   • 2008, Harry Anastasiou, The Broken Olive Branch: Nationalism, Ethnic Conflict and the Quest for Peace in Cyprus. Volume Two, Nationalism Versus Europeanization, Syracuse University Press, →ISBN, page 150:

     Whereas in 1945, the mainland Greeks said OXI to foreign troops entering their country, in 2004 the GCs were saying OXI to foreign troops leaving their country.

   • 2015 July 7, Matthew Weaver, “"Oxi to Osborne": UK campaigners take Greek inspiration in budget protests”, in The Guardian‎^[1]:

     Buoyed by the no vote in the Greek referendum, anti-austerity campaigners across Britain are to stage “Oxi to Osborne” protests on Wednesday against cuts the UK chancellor is expected to announce in his budget.

Etymology 2

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Noun

oxi (uncountable)

1. (slang) cocaine paste

Old Norse

Alternative forms

• uxi

Etymology

From Proto-Germanic *uhsô, from Proto-Indo-European *uksḗn (“bull”).

Noun

oxi m (genitive oxa, plural øxn or oxar)

1. ox

Declension

  Declension of oxi (weak an-stem)

masculine	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	oxi	oxinn	oxar, øxn	oxarnir, øxninir
accusative	oxa	oxann	oxa, øxn	oxan, øxnina
dative	oxa	oxanum	oxum, øxnum	oxunum, øxnunum
genitive	oxa	oxans	oxa, øxna	oxanna, øxnanna

Descendants

• Icelandic: oxi, uxi
• Faroese: oksi
• Norwegian Nynorsk: okse, ukse
• Old Swedish: oxe, uxe
  • Swedish: oxe
• Old Danish: oxæ, uxæ
  • Danish: okse
    • Norwegian Bokmål: okse
• Scanian: oğse

References

• “oxi”, in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press

Vietnamese

Chemical element
O
Previous: nitơ (N)
Next: flo (F)

Alternative forms

• ôxi
• ô-xi

Etymology

Partial orthographic borrowing from French oxygène. Compare hiđro (“hydrogen”), nitơ (“nitrogen”).

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [ʔo˧˧ si˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [ʔow˧˧ sɪj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [ʔow˧˧ sɪj˧˧]
• Phonetic spelling: ô xi
• Like all of its related terms, it has the letter x be pronounced like the Vietnamese sound /s/ through spelling pronunciation.

Noun

oxi

1. oxygen

See also

• oxit (“oxide”)