soy

• soya (British)

1670s, from Dutch soja, from Satsuma Japanese 醤油 (そい, soi) [soj] (a variant of standard Japanese 醤油 (しょうゆ, shōyu)), from Old to Middle Japanese 醬油 (しやうゆ, shauyu), from Middle Chinese 醬油 (tsjàng-yuw), from 醬 (“bean paste”) + 油 (“oil”).

• IPA^(key): /sɔɪ/

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• Rhymes: -ɔɪ

soy (usually uncountable, plural soys)

1. A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.

   Synonym: soy sauce (US)

   I like a little soy with my rice.

   • 1902 — Annie R. Gregory, Woman's Favorite Cookbook, p.381

     Pour in four tablespoonfuls of sherry and four tablespoonfuls of soy, as much vinegar as the jar will hold, and cover closely until wanted.

2. (uncountable, often attributive) Soybeans, or the protein derived from them.

   These candles are made from soy.

   The soy crop is looking good this year.

   This diet doesn't let me eat soy.

• soy bean
• soy boy
• soy milk
• soy sauce

• YSO, yos

soy

1. oneself

• French: soi

From Latin sum (“I am”). Compare with doy and voy.

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoi/, [ˈso̞i̯]
• Rhymes: -oi̯

soy

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of ser.

   Yo no soy marinero, soy capitán.

   I am not a sailor, I am a captain.

From Proto-Indo-European *suHyús. Cognate with Tocharian A se, Old Armenian ուստր (ustr) and Ancient Greek υἱύς (huiús). Confer also the diminituve form soṃśke reflecting the alternative Proto-Indo-European root for "son".

soy m

1. son

• soṃśke

• tkācer
• pācer
• mācer
• procer
• ṣer

• IPA^(key): /ˈsoɪ/

From Proto-Turkic [Term?], compare Old Turkic soy‎ (soy).

soy (definite accusative soyu, plural soylar)

1. ancestry
2. descent
3. family
4. kin
5. lineage
6. sort
7. tribe
8. origin
9. pedigree
10. progeny

• sülale

• soyadı
• soy ağacı
• soygaz
• soykırım

soy

1. second-person singular imperative of soymak (to peel)

• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “soy”, in Nişanyan Sözlük