nooi

Etymology 1
From or its dated variant  (both “to invite”), respectively from,  (both originally “to force, compel”); related with ,. The shorter form yields through regular d-loss (cf.  < ). If it is from, the -g- must have been elided additionally. This does not normally happen in unstressed, but would still be likely here because of the postvocalic environment, i.e..

Verb

 * 1) to invite

Etymology 2
From (or a byform of this), borrowed from. Possibly influenced by.

Noun

 * 1) mistress, young lady, maiden
 * 2) girlfriend (romantic), sweetheart
 * 3) maiden name
 * 4) Wife of the baas
 * 5) * ‘They no longer address them as baas and nooi, but call them by their Christian names’, Sheila Patterson, The Last Trek: A Study of the Boer People and the Afrikaner Nation, Routledge Editions, 1957, p. 252.