wejno

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Polish

Alternative forms

Etymology

Univerbation of wej +‎ no.

Pronunciation

Interjection

wejno

  1. (Northern Greater Poland, Chełmno-Dobrzyń) used to direct someone's attention or express surprise; whoa! look!
    Synonyms: wej, wejnowej

Further reading

  • Antoni Krasnowolski (1879) “wejno”, in Album uczącéj się młodzieży polskiéj poświęcone Józefowi Ignacemu Kraszewskiemu z powodu jubileuszu jego pięćdziesięcioletniéj działalności literackiéj (in Polish), Lviv: Czytelni Akademickiéj Lwowskiéj; "Gaz. Narod." J. Dobrzańskiego i K. Gromana, Słowniczek prowincjalizmów zebranych w ziemi chełmińskiej i świeckiej, page 310
  • Oskar Kolberg (1877) “wejno”, in “Rzecz o mowie ludu wielkopolskiego”, in Zbiór wiadomości do antropologii krajowéj (in Polish), volume 1, III (Materyjały etnologiczne), page 34