ow, ouch; expression of one’s own pain, or sympathy with someone else’s. · An exclamation or expression of alarm, especially to avert or draw attention to a danger (concrete or abstract); hey, whoa, oh no · aye; yea; a word expressing assent, for example in nautical contexts.
aile: aj aj, kapten, ajabaja
Ajajajaj! Se upp för kanten!
"Om jag säger så här, 20 brudar i en villa, ajajajaj. Jag älskar dem men det blir en flock pirayor i en pöl", säger Jolin Sikstörm.
köken: Compare Estonian ai, Ingrian ai, Karelian ai, Ludian ai, Veps ai, Votic ai, and Swedish aj, Norwegian aj, Latvian aj. Perhaps natural; tracing an origin is practically impossible.
köken: From Proto-Tai *s.ʔwɤːjᴬ (“steam, vapor”). The short vowel in ไอ [ʔajᴬ²] is unexpected as a reflex of it. The Northern Tai and Central/Southwestern Tai may in fact be unrelated. In Southwestern Tai, cognate with Lao ໄອ (ʼai), Lü ᦀᦻ (˙ʼaay), Shan ဢၢႆ (ʼǎai), Tai Nüa ᥟᥣᥭ (ʼaay), Ahom 𑜒𑜩 (ʼay).
Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey- Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háy- Proto-Iranian *Háy- Persian آی Inherited from Proto-Iranian *Háy-, from Proto-Indo-Iranian *Háy-, from Proto-Indo-European *h₁ey-.