vay

See also: váy, vây, vậy, and vaþ

Francisco León Zoque

Noun

vay

1. hair

References

• Engel, Ralph, Allhiser de Engel, Mary, Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30)‎^[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 220

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Portuguese

Verb

vay

1. Obsolete spelling of vai.

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Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Persian وای (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

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

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA^(key): [vaj˧˧]
• (Huế) IPA^(key): [vaj˧˧]
• (Saigon) IPA^(key): [va(ː)j˧˧] ~ [ja(ː)j˧˧]

Verb

vay • (𧹋)

1. to borrow

Usage notes

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

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Zazaki

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [vɑyˈ]
• Hyphenation: vay

Noun

vay

1. Alternative form of vaye