wei
“wei” is a Malay word. Its 2 meanings in English:
interjection
- yo, hey – exclamation to get attention
- yo – emphatic conclusion to a statement.
Etymology
Free variation of weh; perhaps influenced by Cantonese 喂 (wai3) and Min Nan 喂 (oeh), and later Mandarin 喂 (wèi)
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