wäh

Chinook Jargon

Etymology

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Interjection

wäh

  1. An exclamation of admiration or awe: ooh, ah.

References

  • Gill, John K. (1909), “wäh”, in Gill's Dictionary of the Chinook Jargon (overall work in English), The J. K. Gill Company, page 11

German

Etymology

Possibly onomatopoeic.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /væː/

Interjection

wäh

  1. (Austria) an exclamation of disgust: yuck!, ew!, gross!, ugh! (often preceded by the interjection na)
    Wäh, ist das grauslich! ― Ew, that's gross!
    Im dem Bad holt man sich einen Fußpilz. - Na, wäh! ― In this bath you get a foot fungus. - Yuck!
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