vay

See also: váy, vây, vậy, and vaþ

Portuguese

Verb

vay

Obsolete spelling of vai

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian (vây, “alas!”), from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Cognate with English woe, Latin vae, Lithuanian vaĩ, Russian увы́ (uvý), Old Irish fae, among others.

Interjection

vay

(colloquial) woe, alas!
(exclamation) Vay, vay, vay! (reminiscent of English exclamation "well, well, well")

Vietnamese

Pronunciation

(Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vaj˧˧]
(Huế) IPA^(key): [vaj˧˧]
(Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA^(key): [vʲaj˧˧]

Verb

vay

to borrow

Usage notes

This is chiefly said of money. Rarely used in Southern Vietnam, where the word mượn predominates.

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