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ui
oh! (interjection expressing sudden surprise, fright, or astonishment) /ˈuj/
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Also: ah!, ouch! (a short cry at sudden pain)
Example sentences
Ui, ce frumos e!
Oh, how beautiful it is!
Ui, am pierdut autobuzul!
Oh, I missed the bus!
Ui, nu știam că ești aici!
Oh, I didn't know you were here!
Ui, cât de mult te-ai schimbat!
Oh, how much you've changed!
Ui, exclamă bătrânul, văzând ninsoarea neașteptată de vară.
Oh, the old man exclaimed, seeing the unexpected summer snow.
Ui, murmură ea, uimită de priveliștea ce i se așternea dinaintea ochilor.
Oh, she murmured, taken aback by the view unfolding before her eyes.
Word family
vaioh, alas (expressing regret or distress)
auouch (sudden pain)
iuouch (pain from heat or cold)
aoleuoh no (alarm or dismay)
Etymology
Ui is an expressive interjection, a short burst of sound that speakers produce spontaneously rather than a word built from ordinary roots. Words of this kind arise directly from vocal reflexes to surprise or pain, so Romanian dictionaries do not trace them back through regular sound changes to a single ancestor. Romanian has a small family of similar short exclamations, and ui sits among them as a natural, largely self-generated sound rather than a borrowing or inherited term.
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