овай

Pannonian Rusyn

Etymology

Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian овај / ovaj (literally “this one”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈɔvaj]
  • Rhymes: -ɔvaj
  • Hyphenation: овай

Interjection

овай (ovaj)

  1. (colloquial, proscribed) er, uh, um (filled pause)
    Synonyms: га (ha), ша (ša)

Usage notes

  • Rarely written, but very common in colloquial speech, even in interviews for news outlets.

Derived terms

verbs
  • овайовац (ovajovac)

Further reading

  • Кристина Афич (7 December 2020) “Цо робиц кед почнєш гуториц „овай”? [What to do if you start saying "ovaj"?]”, in Руске Слово‎[1] (in Pannonian Rusyn)
This article is issued from Wiktionary. The text is available under Creative Commons Attribution-Share Alike 4.0 unless otherwise noted. Additional terms may apply for the media files.