אויקען

Yiddish

FWOTD – 23 June 2017

Etymology

From אוי‎ (oy, “oy”).

Pronunciation

  • (YIVO) IPA(key): /ˈɔɪ̯.kən/, [ˈɔɪ̯.kŋ̩]

Verb

אויקען • (oyken) (past participle געאויקעט‎ (geoyket))

  1. to say "oy"
    • 1917, translation of: Nikolay Chernyshevsky, What is to be done?, p. 53 (in modernised orthography):
      ‏אַנאַ פּעטראָוונאַ האָט געאויקעט, געאויקעט, צוויי מאָל אין חלשות געפֿאַלן און האָט געשיקט נאָכן זון.‎‎
      ana petrovna hot geoyket, geoyket, tsvey mol in khaloshes gefaln un hot geshikt nokhn zun.
      Anna Petrovna said "oy, oy", fell twice in a swoon and sent for her son.

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