"ערגעץ־וווּ" meaning in Yiddish

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Adverb

Forms: ergets-vu [romanization], ערגעץ־וואו [alternative]
Etymology: From ערגעץ (ergets, “somewhere”) + וווּ (vu, “where”) Etymology templates: {{com|yi|ערגעץ|וווּ|t1=somewhere|t2=where}} ערגעץ (ergets, “somewhere”) + וווּ (vu, “where”) Head templates: {{yi-adv}} ערגעץ־וווּ • (ergets-vu)
  1. somewhere
    Sense id: en-ערגעץ־וווּ-yi-adv-krY1nHIf Categories (other): Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Yiddish entries with incorrect language header
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        "2": "ערגעץ",
        "3": "וווּ",
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        "t2": "where"
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      "expansion": "ערגעץ (ergets, “somewhere”) + וווּ (vu, “where”)",
      "name": "com"
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  "etymology_text": "From ערגעץ (ergets, “somewhere”) + וווּ (vu, “where”)",
  "forms": [
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      "form": "ergets-vu",
      "tags": [
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      "form": "ערגעץ־וואו",
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      "tags": [
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  "pos": "adv",
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          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
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          "source": "w"
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          "english": "By the door to another room stood Mindl, with a scarf on her shoulders and looking strongly at her husband, as if expecting him to send her somewhere else.",
          "ref": "1967, Chaim Grade, צמח אַטלאַס [Tsemakh Atlas], volume 1, page 165:",
          "roman": "bay der tir fun a tsveytn kheyder iz geshtanen mindl mit a fatsheyle oyf di aksl un ongeshtrengt gekukt oyfn man, vi in dervartung er zol zi ergets-vu shikn.",
          "text": "ביי דער טיר פון אַ צווייטן חדר איז געשטאַנען מינדל מיט אַ פאַטשיילע אויף די אַקסל און אָנגעשטרענגט געקוקט אויפן מאַן, ווי אין דערוואַרטונג ער זאָל זי ערגעץ־וואו שיקן.",
          "translation": "By the door to another room stood Mindl, with a scarf on her shoulders and looking strongly at her husband, as if expecting him to send her somewhere else.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "somewhere"
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      "links": [
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          "somewhere"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "word": "ערגעץ־וווּ"
}
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      "expansion": "ערגעץ (ergets, “somewhere”) + וווּ (vu, “where”)",
      "name": "com"
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From ערגעץ (ergets, “somewhere”) + וווּ (vu, “where”)",
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      "form": "ergets-vu",
      "tags": [
        "romanization"
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      "form": "ערגעץ־וואו",
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    }
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      "args": {},
      "expansion": "ערגעץ־וווּ • (ergets-vu)",
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  "lang": "Yiddish",
  "lang_code": "yi",
  "pos": "adv",
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        "Pages with entries",
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        "Yiddish lemmas",
        "Yiddish terms with quotations"
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          "english": "By the door to another room stood Mindl, with a scarf on her shoulders and looking strongly at her husband, as if expecting him to send her somewhere else.",
          "ref": "1967, Chaim Grade, צמח אַטלאַס [Tsemakh Atlas], volume 1, page 165:",
          "roman": "bay der tir fun a tsveytn kheyder iz geshtanen mindl mit a fatsheyle oyf di aksl un ongeshtrengt gekukt oyfn man, vi in dervartung er zol zi ergets-vu shikn.",
          "text": "ביי דער טיר פון אַ צווייטן חדר איז געשטאַנען מינדל מיט אַ פאַטשיילע אויף די אַקסל און אָנגעשטרענגט געקוקט אויפן מאַן, ווי אין דערוואַרטונג ער זאָל זי ערגעץ־וואו שיקן.",
          "translation": "By the door to another room stood Mindl, with a scarf on her shoulders and looking strongly at her husband, as if expecting him to send her somewhere else.",
          "type": "quote"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "somewhere"
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          "somewhere",
          "somewhere"
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  ],
  "word": "ערגעץ־וווּ"
}

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