Used to call someone's attention, or as an intensifier when placed at the end. · Expresses indignation or disgust; oi
köken: Derived from Middle High German ei, a common interjection. In contemporary German possibly reinforced by Turkish ey (“vocative particle”), English hey.
Boah, ey!
Ey Peter, komm mal kucken, was hier auf dem Schild steht!
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Used to call someone; hey · Used to express surprise; eh · Used as a tag question, to emphasise what goes before or to request that the listener confirm or agree with what has been said.
hi (greeting) · hey (to get someone's attention) · bye (often repeated twice: hei hei)
köken: From Proto-Finnic *hei (compare Estonian hei, Ingrian hei, Karelian hei, Ludian hei, Veps hei). Compare also Old Norse hei (whence Swedish hej) and English hey.
An interjection used by adults towards children when something (an item or the child) is being lifted, acting as a mild word of encouragement; upsadaisy. · oops, uh-oh, whoops-a-daisy, a word used when a mildly silly mistake has been made
köken: Possibly derived from Danish op og se ("upwards, and see").
Expresses pain · Expresses sorrow, regret, compassion or grief · Expression uttered when one realizes that something bad happened
çekim: çoğul ვაები
köken: From Old Georgian ვაჲ (vay). Akin to Mingrelian ვოი (voi), Laz ვოი (voi), Svan უ̂ა̈ჲ (ûäy). Probably natural exclamation. Compare also Persian وای (vây), Proto-Indo-European *wáy. The adverbial usage is a semantic loan from Russian го́ре (góre).
aile: ვაი და ვარამი, ვაი თუ, ვაი რომ, ვაი-ვაგლახი, ვაი-ვიში, ვაიმე