Meanings
weh1
weh2
- alternativeAlternative form of wah.
I tell you that it's true compassion, baby, oh weh.
2008, Bluedan, Resume, →ISBN, page 75 more examples
oh weh ! oh weh ! " — Sweetest mother, you have the illness ; oh weh ! oh weh ! It was so
1864, Flora Dawson, Princes, Public Men, and Pretty Women: Episodes in Real Life"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.
1910, Katherine Mansfield, The Child-Who_Was-TiredPerhaps 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.
1992, Ewa Kuryluk, Century 21, →ISBN, page 307"Kill one village, But leave another. Kill one village, But leave another. On the lake: weh weh weh weh weh.
2012, Regina F. Bendix, Galit Hasan-Rokem, A Companion to Folklore, →ISBN, page 90At 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!”
2017, Frank Hamilton Cushing, Zuñi Folk Tales
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Origin
- Nepaliवह् दोन्क
- Englishweh
From Nepali वह् दोन्क (wah donka).
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Cite this entry
weh. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/weh
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