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Yiddish
Etymology
From Middle High German we, wach, from Old High German wē, wa, wach, from Proto-West Germanic *wai, from Proto-Germanic *wai. Cognate with German Weh, English woe.
Pronunciation
Noun
וויי • (vey) m, plural ווייען (veyen)
- pain
- woe
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