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GR 1191 OI, OIWOIWOI
H 0091 א ו ׳ , א ו י ב א ו י
Concept of root: alas
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Hebrew word
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pronunciation
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English meanings
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א ו י ,
א ו י ב א ו י
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oy, oywaawoy
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dear
me, alas
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Related English words
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oh
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Comparison between European words and
Hebrew
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Languages
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Words
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Pronunciation
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English meanings
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Similarity in roots
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Hebrew
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א ו י
א ו י
ב א ו י
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oy
, oywaawoy
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dear me, alas, oh
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o y
oyw.oy
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Greek
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οι,
οιβοιβοι
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oy,
oywoywoy
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dear me, alas, oh
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o y
oywoy
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Middle Dutch
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oy
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oy
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oh , ah
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o y
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To accentuate this particular, special similarity we have taken the liberty of bending the Greek phonetics more towards a modern Greek pronunciation. Somebody will say that these are not words but exclamations. Sure, but in which other language does one find these exact and specific exclamations ?
Note:
- Proto-Semitic. "OY" often repeated, is very well known from Yiddish, but Semitic languages like Aramaic, Syriac, Arabic and Ethiopian have a related " way" and Akkadian has "ua". In fact we might have referred as well to English "woe".
Note:
- Indo-European. There are indeed somewhat similar exclamations in various group. We cite Avestan "vayōi", Armenian "vay", Latin vae", Gothic "wai", Old Saxon "wē", Dutch "wee" and many others. Indo-European may have known an exclamation like "*W A Y" or a not unsimilar one.
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| Created: Tuesday 6 November 2007 at 22.30.54 Updated: 06/08/2011 at 15.57.06 |
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