Soy

Alternative forms

 * soya

Etymology
Probably via, from a variant of  (, shōyu), from Chinese  (jiàngyóu), from  ‘bean paste’ +  ‘oil’.

Noun

 * 1) A Chinese and Japanese liquid sauce for fish, made by subjecting boiled beans to long fermentation and then long digestion in salt and water. US preference is the term soy sauce.
 * I like a little soy with my rice.
 * 1) * 1902 — Annie R. Gregory, Woman's Favorite Cookbook, p381
 * Pour in four tablespoonfuls of sherry and four tablespoonfuls of soy, as much vinegar as the jar will hold, and cover closely until wanted.
 * 1) Soybeans. Often used attributively.
 * These candles are made from soy.
 * The soy crop is looking good this year.

Derived terms

 * soy bean
 * soy milk
 * soy sauce

Translations

 * Arabic: صويا
 * Catalan: soia, soja
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * German:, Sojabohnen


 * Greek:
 * Hungarian:
 * Japanese:
 * Russian:, соевые бобы
 * Slovene: soja
 * Spanish:

Pronoun

 * 1) oneself

Descendants

 * French: soi

Etymology
From. Cognate with Tocharian A se:, Old Armenian ուստր: and Ancient Greek υἱύς:. Confer also the diminituve form soṃśke: reflecting the alternative Proto-Indo-European root for "son".

Noun

 * 1) son

Etymology
From.

Noun
soy


 * 1) kin
 * 2) sort

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