aiee
English
Alternative forms
- aieee
Etymology
Imitative.
Interjection
aiee
- A shout of pain or alarm.
- 2010, Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (page 239)
- He caught her as she went past and pulled her around. She threw up her hands and closed her good eye. Aiee, she cried. Aiee.
- 2010, Cormac McCarthy, Cities of the Plain (page 239)
Manx
Etymology
From Old Irish áith f (“drying-kiln (for grain)”), from the same root as *h₂eh₁ter- (“fire”) (compare Latin āter).
Noun
aiee f (genitive singular [please provide], plural [please provide])
- kiln
Derived terms
- aiee eayil (“lime kiln”)
- aiee lus y lhionney (“hop kiln”)
- aiee obb (“oast house”)
- aiee vraghey (“malt kiln”)