Awei
awei
- (expr.) alas! (an expression of disgust or desperation; of sorrow or resignation; the spoken equivalent of a sigh or a groan)
Awei…
“Geez…”
Notes: For those keeping track, no, I didn’t, in fact, miss my first day at the Kamakawi Word of the Day blog in over a year. That didn’t happen. It must have been your imagination.
(Heh, heh… Thanks, WordPress! I think I fooled them! Good thing I can not only schedule future posts, but post them at some point in time in the past. Time travel? Done it. Next!)
April 12th, 2011 at 12:58 am)
In New Zealand Maori the same word is Aue. Remarkable parallel.
April 12th, 2011 at 1:02 am)
Really! That’s very cool. Maori is another of those languages I’d love to learn. I bet it wouldn’t be too difficult, with my knowledge of Hawaiian…