Re: [Cz-L] Pavolye; Alevai

Hi Charles,

The word "Alevai" or "Halevai"or 'Lou" or "Mi iten, Halevai" are the same.
It means expressing a wish/hope, all of them come from Hebrew.
Regards,
Yehudit Yerushalmi-Terris


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From: "Charles Rosner" <frenchczern1_at_yahoo.com>
To: "Czernowitz Genealogy and History" <czernowitz-l_at_list.cornell.edu>
Sent: Thursday, June 26, 2008 1:51 PM
Subject: Re: [Cz-L] Pavolye; Alevai


>I remember that, when I was a child, my father used to say "Pavolye mit di
>fette hend" (slow down with your greasy hands = not so fast) whenever I
>came in running and quickly tried to grab something on the table... Of
>course,his mother tongue was Yiddish from Wiznitz; he only came to Cz-er
>German as a teenager after WW1, when they moved to Czernowitz.
> Does anyone know whether "Alevai!" (Let it be real/true!) is Yiddish, old
> Hebrew or anything else?
> Regards,
> Charles
>

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