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101. trussa interj.

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A cry used by sailors when pulling or hauling.

102. tusch interj.

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An exclamation of scorn or rebuke.

103. tut interj.

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An exclamation, prob. expressive of contempt.

104. twotte interj.

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An exclamation expressing contempt.

105. vah interj.

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An exclamation of spontaneous emotion, positive or negative.

106. ven interj.

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Come!

107. wẹ̄ interj.

31 quotations in 2 senses
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(a) Used to attract attention; also used to vocalize physical effort; we lo (b) expressing surprise or astonishment; we we, o we; (c) expressing derision, gloating, anger, or contradiction; we fi

108. wei interj.

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Ah, oh, alas;—sometimes with that clause expressing the ground of the complaint.

109. wei-lā̆ interj.

Additional spellings: weila
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An exclamation expressive of grief, dismay, or regret (a) alas, woe; ah; also, in comb.: a wei-la; wei-la the reuthe, alas the pity, oh the pity of it; (b) with clause, introduced by as, hou, that,…

110. wei-lā̆-wei interj.

Additional spellings: weilawei
101 quotations in 3 senses
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An exclamation expressive of grief, dismay, or regret: (a) alas, woe; oh; wei-la-wei and alas, alas and wei-la-wei;—freq. used in direct speech; crien (seien, etc.) wei-la-wei (b) with hou or that

111. wē̆lasai interj.

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A cry of sorrow or lamentation: Woe is me, alas.

112. wẹ̄̆-mai interj.

Additional spellings: wemai
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An exclamation expressing impatience or astonishment.

113. weu interj.

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Expressing satisfaction or gloating: aha, ah; weu weu.

114. what interj.

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(a) As an exclamation emphasizing the speaker’s emotional response to a situation; also, as an exclamation calling for the hearer’s attention or demanding the hearer’s response or action: why, here…

115. whippe interj.

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Quick!, hurry!; wi whippe, why, hurry!, ah, quick!

116. whist interj. or v. imperative

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Be quiet!, hush!

117. interj.

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Well, well then, why, ah: (a) preceding questions, usu. anxious, surprised, or indignant ones; a wi; (b) used with statements, exhortations, demands, etc.; wi whippe.

118. interj.

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(a) Expressing distress, misery, or grief: alas;—occas. with that clause expressing the ground of the complaint; (b) in phrase, expressing indignation or anger: wo nou, well now, ah.

119. interj.

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(a) As an affirmative reply to a direct or an indirect question: yes; seien ye (b) as an affirmation of the truth or correctness of an assertion, a proposition, etc.: that is right, it is so, yes;…

120. yis interj.

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(a) As an affirmative reply to a direct or an indirect question: yes; also, as an affirmation of the truth or correctness of an assertion, a proposition, a negation, etc., usu. presented as a question…