weh

Noun

weh (plural wehs)

1. (archaic) A red panda.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /wɛ(ː)/
• Rhymes: -ɛ, -ɛː

Interjection

weh

1. Alternative form of wah
   • 1864, Flora Dawson, Princes, Public Men, and Pretty Women: Episodes in Real Life:

     oh weh ! oh weh ! " — Sweetest mother, you have the illness ; oh weh ! oh weh ! It was so

   • 1910, Katherine Mansfield, The Child-Who_Was-Tired:

     "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.

   • 1992, Ewa Kuryluk, Century 21, →ISBN, page 307:

     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.

   • 2008, Bluedan, Resume, →ISBN, page 7:

     I tell you that it's true compassion, baby, oh weh.

   • 2012, Regina F. Bendix, Galit Hasan-Rokem, A Companion to Folklore, →ISBN, page 90:

     "Kill one village, But leave another. Kill one village, But leave another. On the lake: weh weh weh weh weh.

   • 2017, Frank Hamilton Cushing, Zuñi Folk Tales:

     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!”

Declension

Related terms

• wehtun
• weinen
• wenig

Root

weh

1. gift

Particle

weh

1. an emphatic particle

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈwe/ [ˈwɛː]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: weh

Interjection

weh? (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒ) (slang)

1. Expression of disbelief or skepticism: oh really

   Synonym: ows

   Weh, di nga?

   Oh really, is it really not?

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈwe/ [ˈwɛ]
• Rhymes: -e
• Syllabification: weh

Particle

weh (Baybayin spelling ᜏᜒ) (dialectal, chiefly Bulacan)

1. Alternative form of e