eish, interjection

/eɪʃ//eɪɪʃ/
Forms:
Also aish or heish/heɪʃ/
Origin:
TsotsitaalShow more From Tsotsitaal.
colloquial
Used to express a range of emotions including displeasure, surprise, wonder, resignation and outrage.
1998 L. Madywabe in Sunday Independent 27 Sept. 7“Eish, we will take time before we get him now because he is aware that we are looking for him,” replies another.
2004 Grocott’s Mail 31 Aug. 4I thought ‘heish, I could upgrade our home, take care of my baby, buy all the things I want’.
2006 ‘Fat Charlie’ in Bona July 80Eish! And so we go around in circles, hurting each other and ourselves.
2007 Sowetan 29 Oct. 25Eish Mara you are just so hot.
2014 sportlegends.co.za (DSAE Corpus)Aish, bro my heart bleeds.
2017 sowetanlive.co.za (DSAE Corpus)Eish, those two are ugly – they will ruin the country just with their looks.
Used to express a range of emotions including displeasure, surprise, wonder, resignation and outrage.
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eina, interjectionint., nounn., & adjectiveadj.ekasi, adverbadv.
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