waai, verb intransitive

/vaɪ/
Forms:
Also vai.
Origin:
Afrikaans, PortugueseShow more Afrikaans, probably a figurative use of the basic sense ‘to blow’; it has also been suggested that the word is an adaptation of Portuguese vai (a form of ir go).
slang
To go, leave. Also Englished forms vy, vye.
1970 Informant, KrugersdorpLet’s waai to the cafe.
1978 A. Akhalwaya in Rand Daily Mail 10 July 7There’s spans of ous vying around with gonies...The kerel will tension me up if I vy pozzie too late...The timer’s vied with the suitcase.
1980 E. Patel They Came at Dawn 9Haanetjie dresesup..’n waai’s to a chrismiss party.
1986 Informant, East London, Eastern CapeLet’s waai before he gets back.
1987 Scope 20 Nov. 39We must waai from this pozzie!
1991 I.E.G. Collett Informant, Pilgrim’s RestWaai. Leave, get going, as in ‘Its late, lets waai’.
1991 G. De Beer Informant, Port Nolloth, Northern CapeLet’s waai (vai), the music is far too loud.
1993 ‘Jimbo’ programme insert, NapacVye. Go.
To go, leave. Also Englished forms vy, vye.
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