soy
English
/sɔɪ/
noun
Definitions
- A common East Asian liquid sauce, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water.
- (uncountable) Soybeans, or the proteinprotein derived from them.
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch, Flemish soja (soy) derived from Japanese 醤油 (soy sauce, soi, soya, ja).
Origin
Japanese
醤油
Gloss
soy sauce, soi, soya, ja
Concept
Semantic Field
Agriculture and vegetation
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- bean English
- cake English
- cheese English
- food English
- hull English
- meal English
- meat English
- milk English
- oil English
- soya English
- soybean English
- soyburger English
- soycake English
- soycheese English
- soyfood English
- soyhull English
- soymeal English
- soymeat English
- soymilk English
- soyoil English
- Soja German
- soja Dutch, Flemish
- sojaboon Dutch, Flemish
- sojakaas Dutch, Flemish
- sojakoek Dutch, Flemish
- sojamelk Dutch, Flemish
- sojaolie Dutch, Flemish
- sojasaus Dutch, Flemish
- sojascheut Dutch, Flemish
- соя Russian
- shoyu Portuguese
- そや Japanese
- 醤油 Japanese
- โชยุ Thai
- 醬油 Chinese
- joiu Marshallese
- 醬油 Middle Chinese