On Fri, 5 Apr 2002 21:32:12 -0600 Danny Wier <dawier@...> writes:
> From: "Roger Christian" <rogchr75@...>
> | For example, compare the following interjections which
> | indicate pain or a bad surprise:
> |
> | English ow (pronounced /au/)
> | French/Spanish aie/ay (both pronounced /ay/)
> | Swedish aj (pronounced /ay/)
> | Icelandic /ay/ & /au/
> Pokorny (or at least Wier) reconstructs Proto-Indo-European *wai.
> Even Latin has
> _vae_. Exactly the reverse of Arabic (and probably Common Semitic)
> _ya_ "oh",
> which functions more like a vocative marker.
> ~Danny~
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_Vay_ is used in Mishnaic (c. 200 CE) Hebrew.
-Stephen (Steg)
"meihhamas yoshi`eini."