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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German ōwē, from ō + wē, the latter being from Old High German wē, from Proto-Germanic *wai, from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Cognate with German o weh.
Interjection
אוי וויי • (oy vey)
- oh, ah, ugh, oy (extended form of אוי (oy))
- oh no, woe is me
- ouch
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