"weh" meaning in English

See weh in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /wɛ(ː)/
Rhymes: -ɛ, -ɛː Head templates: {{en-interj}} weh
  1. Alternative form of wah Tags: alt-of, alternative Alternative form of: wah Categories (lifeform): Carnivores
    Sense id: en-weh-en-intj-dR5vHXX0 Disambiguation of Carnivores: 82 18 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 73 27
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Noun

Forms: wehs [plural]
Etymology: From Nepali [script needed] (wah donka). Etymology templates: {{der|en|ne|tr=wah donka}} Nepali [script needed] (wah donka) Head templates: {{en-noun}} weh (plural wehs)
  1. (archaic) A red panda. Tags: archaic
    Sense id: en-weh-en-noun-QAZhE2r6
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Inflected forms

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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ne",
        "tr": "wah donka"
      },
      "expansion": "Nepali [script needed] (wah donka)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Nepali [script needed] (wah donka).",
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        "A red panda."
      ],
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        [
          "red panda",
          "red panda#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic) A red panda."
      ],
      "tags": [
        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "weh"
}

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      "args": {},
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      "name": "en-interj"
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    {
      "alt_of": [
        {
          "word": "wah"
        }
      ],
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "73 27",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "English entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
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            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
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          "kind": "lifeform",
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          "orig": "en:Carnivores",
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            "Mammals",
            "Vertebrates",
            "Chordates",
            "Animals",
            "Lifeforms",
            "All topics",
            "Life",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nature"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1864, Flora Dawson, Princes, Public Men, and Pretty Women: Episodes in Real Life:",
          "text": "oh weh ! oh weh ! \" — Sweetest mother, you have the illness ; oh weh ! oh weh ! It was so",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1910, Katherine Mansfield, The Child-Who_Was-Tired:",
          "text": "\"Oh, weh! oh, weh!\" The Child-Who-Was-Tired pushed and pulled them apart, muffled them into their coats, and drove them out of the house.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, Ewa Kuryluk, Century 21, →ISBN, page 307:",
          "text": "Perhaps it's in Lausanne, at the shore of Lake Leman, and in the widow's arms that Wolf wrote Oh weh! Perhaps she whispered it into his ear, when they first slept together, or when he parted from her. Perhaps it was her oh weh! he could never forget.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Bluedan, Resume, →ISBN, page 7:",
          "text": "I tell you that it's true compassion, baby, oh weh.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Regina F. Bendix, Galit Hasan-Rokem, A Companion to Folklore, →ISBN, page 90:",
          "text": "\"Kill one village, But leave another. Kill one village, But leave another. On the lake: weh weh weh weh weh.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Frank Hamilton Cushing, Zuñi Folk Tales:",
          "text": "At last one night the Master of Sorcerers in secret places raised his voice and cried: “Weh-h-h-h! Weh-h-h-h-h-h!”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of wah"
      ],
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      "links": [
        [
          "wah",
          "wah#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
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      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛ(ː)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weh"
}
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    "English interjections",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms derived from Nepali",
    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Requests for native script for Nepali terms",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛ",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛ/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛː",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛː/1 syllable",
    "en:Carnivores"
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    }
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      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
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      "expansion": "weh (plural wehs)",
      "name": "en-noun"
    }
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        "English terms with archaic senses"
      ],
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        "A red panda."
      ],
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        [
          "red panda",
          "red panda#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "(archaic) A red panda."
      ],
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        "archaic"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "weh"
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    "English interjections",
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    "Pages with 5 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
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    "Rhymes:English/ɛ/1 syllable",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛː",
    "Rhymes:English/ɛː/1 syllable",
    "en:Carnivores"
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      "args": {},
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  "pos": "intj",
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    {
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        {
          "word": "wah"
        }
      ],
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        "English terms with quotations"
      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "ref": "1864, Flora Dawson, Princes, Public Men, and Pretty Women: Episodes in Real Life:",
          "text": "oh weh ! oh weh ! \" — Sweetest mother, you have the illness ; oh weh ! oh weh ! It was so",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1910, Katherine Mansfield, The Child-Who_Was-Tired:",
          "text": "\"Oh, weh! oh, weh!\" The Child-Who-Was-Tired pushed and pulled them apart, muffled them into their coats, and drove them out of the house.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "1992, Ewa Kuryluk, Century 21, →ISBN, page 307:",
          "text": "Perhaps it's in Lausanne, at the shore of Lake Leman, and in the widow's arms that Wolf wrote Oh weh! Perhaps she whispered it into his ear, when they first slept together, or when he parted from her. Perhaps it was her oh weh! he could never forget.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2008, Bluedan, Resume, →ISBN, page 7:",
          "text": "I tell you that it's true compassion, baby, oh weh.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2012, Regina F. Bendix, Galit Hasan-Rokem, A Companion to Folklore, →ISBN, page 90:",
          "text": "\"Kill one village, But leave another. Kill one village, But leave another. On the lake: weh weh weh weh weh.",
          "type": "quote"
        },
        {
          "ref": "2017, Frank Hamilton Cushing, Zuñi Folk Tales:",
          "text": "At last one night the Master of Sorcerers in secret places raised his voice and cried: “Weh-h-h-h! Weh-h-h-h-h-h!”",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
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        "Alternative form of wah"
      ],
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        [
          "wah",
          "wah#English"
        ]
      ],
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        "alt-of",
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      ]
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/wɛ(ː)/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛ"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-ɛː"
    }
  ],
  "word": "weh"
}

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