כוואַליע

Yiddish

Etymology

From a Slavic language; compare Ukrainian хви́ля (xvýlja) and Belarusian хва́ля (xválja).

Noun

כוואַליע • (khvalye) f, plural כוואַליעס‎ (khvalyes)

wave (in a liquid, as in bodies of water)
- יאָסל דער קלעזמער
  ‏אַז יאָסל דער קלעזמער שפּילט אויף אַ שׂמחה, טאַנצט די חבֿרה ווי אַ כוואַליע אין ים.‎‎
  az yosl der klezmer shpilt oyf a simkhe, tantst di khevre vi a khvalye in yam.
  When Yosl the musician plays at a party, the khevre dances like a wave in the sea.

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