What does hoi mean?


I'm a General Music teacher.

One of my 1st grade books has a song called, "Naka Naka Hoi."

The (what I'm learning may be the romaji) words are:

Naka Naka Hoi Soto Soto Hoi Naka Soto Soto Naka Naka Naka Hoi

There is, however, no translation. As far as I can figure, naka means inside
and soto means outside, and the Japanese for naka is 中 and for soto is 外.
Please correct me if I'm wrong!

My last problem is I cannot for the life of me find anything about the word,
hoi.

I would like to teach this as authentically as possible, but do not want to do
so until I have the translation and Japanese.

Thanks in advance for your help!!




You seem to be on the right track. Seeing as it is more of a fun activity song
for children, it most likely carries no deep meaning, so "hoi" in this context
could be a "hey" or "yeah"

