चाय-वाय

Echo Words: चाय-वाय

Level 5Sounds Like cāya-vāya

Repeating a word with व- at the start means that and the like.

How It Works

Awadhi uses echo words for a casual "and so on". The echo is the same word with the first sound swapped for व.

WordEchoMeaning
चायचाय-वायtea or something
रोटीरोटी-वोटीbread and the like
किताबकिताब-विताबbooks and so on
सब्जीसब्जी-वब्जीvegetables and such

The echo word has no meaning of its own. It makes the speaker sound easy-going, as if the exact thing does not matter.

Use it among friends and family, not in writing or with elders you do not know. Each echoed word works as one noun, and a verb follows it as usual.

Examples (4)

  1. चाय-वाय पी लेव।

    Have some tea or something.

    चाय-वाय means tea or the like.

  2. तनिक रोटी-वोटी खाइ लेव।

    Have a little bread or something.

    रोटी-वोटी keeps the offer casual.

  3. हम बजार जाइ के सब्जी-वब्जी लइ आउब।

    I'll go to the market and bring vegetables and such.

    The echo covers several things at once.

  4. ओकरे घर मा किताब-विताब कछू नाहीं अहै।

    There are no books or anything like that in his house.

    किताब-विताब means books and the like.

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चाय-वायLevel 5Echo Words: चाय-वाय

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The example चाय-वाय पी लेव ends in a लेब command.