wois

Bouyei

Etymology

From Proto-Tai *χɔːjᴮ (“slave”). Cognate with Zhuang hoiq.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /woːi˧˥/

Noun

wois (Bouyei character 會)

1. servant; slave

   Synonyms: buxwois, duezwois, legwois

   • 2011, 黄镇邦, editor, 布依嘱咐经 Moldangs, Guiyang: 贵州人民出版社, →ISBN, page 149:

     甫賊會賊仁 / 提批賣却他

     [Bux rag wois rag wenz / Dez bail maaih geazdeel]

     People who steal servants and steal people take them to sell them there.

Verb

wois

1. to serve as a servant or slave

Pronoun

wois (Bouyei character 會)

1. (polite, humble) I; me
   • 2015, 鄂启科, editor, 布依民歌荟萃：大调民歌, Guiyang: 贵州人民出版社, →ISBN, page 4:

     Buxjees nyiel wois xaaux xonz bic, / Nyiel wois yic xonz weanl, / Nyiel wois dianl geac byaangz xeeuhgoons,

     Elders, allow me to begin a verse, / Allow me to start a song, / Allow me to tell of rumours and stories

   • 2015, 王廷彬, 王由戬, 黄华祥, edited by 黄镇邦, 王玉连 Wangf Yiqlianf, Guiyang: 贵州人民出版社, →ISBN, page 66:

     開咟造麻𠾺 / 况原伩邦汝 / 會原卜蕐陽 / 况原伩蕐远 / 父太會里宜 / 父太會里乃 / 乜国買有那 / 會国甲有浪

     [haail bas xaaux mal xaaml, / gvaangl yianf wenz beangz roh, / wois yianf bux huafyangf, / gvaangl yianf wenz huafyuanj, / boh daail wois lix nyeez, / boh daail wois lix niangh, / meeh gueh maais qyus nac, / wois gueh jax qyus langl,]

     [Yulian] opened his mouth to speak, I am originally an outsider; I am originally from Huayang; I am originally from Huayuan. When my father passed away, I was still a child; when my father passed away, I was still young. My mother became a widow, and I became an orphan.

See also

Bouyei personal pronouns

Person		Singular	Plural
1st	exclusive	gul	dul, hocdul, bozdul, jongsdul
	inclusive		rauz, raz, hocrauz, hocraz, bozrauz, bozraz, jongsrauz, jongsraz
	humble	wois, weis	bozwois, bozweis, jongswois, jongsweis
2nd		mengz	sul, hocsul, bozsul, jongssul, riel, hocriel, bozriel, jongsriel
3rd		deel	hocdeel, bozdeel, jongsdeel