weh

See also: Weh

English

Etymology 1

From Nepali [Term?].

Noun

weh (plural wehs)

1. (archaic) A red panda.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛ(ː)/

Interjection

weh

1. Alternative form of wah
   • 1864, Flora Dawson, Princes, Public Men, and Pretty Women: Episodes in Real Life:

     oh weh ! oh weh ! " — Sweetest mother, you have the illness ; oh weh ! oh weh ! It was so

   • 1910, Katherine Mansfield, The Child-Who_Was-Tired:

     "Oh, weh! oh, weh!" The Child-Who-Was-Tired pushed and pulled them apart, muffled them into their coats, and drove them out of the house.

   • 1992, Ewa Kuryluk, Century 21, →ISBN, page 307:

     Perhaps it's in Lausanne, at the shore of Lake Leman, and in the widow's arms that Wolf wrote Oh weh! Perhaps she whispered it into his ear, when they first slept together, or when he parted from her. Perhaps it was her oh weh! he could never forget.

   • 2008, Bluedan, Resume, →ISBN, page 7:

     I tell you that it's true compassion, baby, oh weh.

   • 2012, Regina F. Bendix & ‎Galit Hasan-Rokem, A Companion to Folklore, →ISBN, page 90:

     "Kill one village, But leave another. Kill one village, But leave another. On the lake: weh weh weh weh weh.

   • 2017, Frank Hamilton Cushing, Zuñi Folk Tales:

     At last one night the Master of Sorcerers in secret places raised his voice and cried: “Weh-h-h-h! Weh-h-h-h-h-h!”

Usage notes

The word is sometimes extended, for instance "wehhhhhhh", "weeeeeeh", etc.

Anagrams

• Hew, hew

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German

Alternative forms

• weh', wehe (for the interjection)

Etymology

From Middle High German [Term?], from Old High German wē, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Compare Latin vae, Dutch wee, English woe, (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Danish and (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Swedish ve, Gothic 𐍅𐌰𐌹 (wai).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /veː/

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• Homophone: W
• Rhymes: -eː

Adjective

weh (comparative weher, superlative am wehsten)

1. sore, painful

Interjection

1. alas! woe!

References

• Cassell's German and English Dictionary (1933)

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Pennsylvania German

Etymology

Compare German weh.

Adjective

weh

1. sore, painful