vay

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See also: váy, vây, vậy, and vaþ

Translingual

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Symbol

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vay

  1. (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Vayu.

See also

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Francisco León Zoque

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Noun

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vay

  1. hair

References

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  • Engel, Ralph, Allhiser de Engel, Mary, Mateo Alvarez, José (1987) Diccionario zoque de Francisco León (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 30)‎[1] (in Spanish), México, D.F.: Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, page 220

Malagasy

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Etymology 1

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀəq (abscess, boil, swelling on the body).

Noun

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vay

  1. boil

Etymology 2

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From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *baʀah (ember, glowing coal).

Noun

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vay

  1. glowing coal

Further reading

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  • vay in Malagasy dictionaries at malagasyword.org

Portuguese

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Verb

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vay

  1. Obsolete spelling of vai.

Turkish

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Etymology

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From Ottoman Turkish وای (vay), from Persian وای (vây, alas!), from Proto-Indo-European *wai. Cognate with English woe, Latin vae, Lithuanian vaĩ, Russian увы́ (uvý), Old Irish fae, among others.

Interjection

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vay

  1. (colloquial) woe, alas!
  2. (exclamation) Vay, vay, vay! (reminiscent of English exclamation "well, well, well")

Vietnamese

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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vay (𧹋)

  1. to borrow
    cho vayto loan
    xin ngân hàng cho vayto ask a bank for a loan
    người cho vaycreditor

Usage notes

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  • This is chiefly said of money. Rarely used in Southern Vietnam, where the word mượn predominates.

Zazaki

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [vɑyˈ]
  • Hyphenation: vay

Noun

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vay

  1. Alternative form of vaye