omi

See also: Omi and ómi

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably borrowed from Italian uomo.

Noun

omi (plural omis)

  1. (Polari) man, bloke
    • 1967, Kenneth Horne, "Bona Bijou Tourettes" in: Round the Horne, series 3, episode 12:
      Divine. Sitting, sipping a tiny drinkette, vadaïng the great butch omis and dolly little palones trolling by, or disporting yourself on the sable plage getting your lallies all bronzed - your riah getting bleached by the soleil.
    • 1997, James Gardiner, Who's a pretty boy then?, page 123
      Well, she schlumphed her Vera down the screech at a rate of knots, zhooshed up the riah, checked the slap in the mirror behind the bar, straightened up one ogle fake riah that had come adrift, and bold as brass orderlied over as fast as she could manage in those bats and, in her best lips, asked, if she could parker the omi a bevvy.

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Finnish

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -omi

Verb

omi

  1. Third person singular indicative past form of omia.
  2. Indicative present connegative form of omia.
  3. Second person singular imperative present form of omia.
  4. Second person singular imperative present connegative form of omia.

Anagrams

Japanese

Romanization

omi

  1. Rōmaji transcription of おみ

Venetian

Noun

omi

  1. plural of omo

Volapük

Pronoun

omi

  1. (accusative singular of om) him

Yoruba

Noun

omi

  1. water

References

  • Dictionary of the Yoruba Language (1913)
  • J. S. Olaoye, Principles and Concepts of Yoruba Language (2012)
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