How do they say "ouch!" in other languages?

Question

In English we say "ow!" or "ouch!" (and maybe a few other words) when we get hurt. What do they say in other langauges for that type of interjection?

Answer 1

Expressions such as these tend to be rather basic and not all that language-specific. Variants of _@y!_, _Ey!_, _Oy! _Ay!_, _Au!_, _Akh!_ and _Okh!_ expressing pain are found throughout the world and are not specific to language families and language groups. They also occur with an initial glide; e.g., Hungarian [ju:i] ~ [jaI], Serbian [jaU]. In many cases this one syllable is followed by another one or sometimes two "release" syllables, or some sort of consonant (developed from a syllable?) expressing annoyance; e.g., English [aUtS], Khmer [@Iya], Scots [eja], German and Low Saxon [?aU(w)a], Mandarin [?aI(j)oU], Korean [aIgO], French [ola'la] ~ [ula'la]. This should not be confused with expressions of pain that consist wholly or partly of real words, e.g., Yiddish [OI'vEI] ("Oy hurt!"), German [?aU've:] ("Ow hurt!"), Japanese [i'taI] ("Hurts!"), Mandarin [(?aI)tUN] ("(Ay) hurt!") -- and we won't even start talking about those naughty words people blurt out when in pain.

Answer 2

In Brazilian Portuguese we say "ai!" or "au!".
"Ai" is just like the Spanish "ay" and "au" sounds exactly like "ow".
If I were to tell all the other words and expressions that one might say when getting hurt, I would be typing for a while... :-)

Answer 3

Ouch! is an interjection and ejaculation.
I love this ?
comic language ouch - %@&$

Answer 4

This is sign for ouch. They say it means hurt, but mean same thing.

http://commtechlab.msu.edu/sites/aslweb/browser.htm

Answer 5

In Indonesia:
-aduh!
-aww!
-adaow!!

Answer 6

In german we have different words:

"Au"
"Aua"
"Autsch" (spelled same way like ouch)
"Arg" (If you want to repress the pain)

and there are still many more

mfg
Allu

Answer 7

in Arabic we Say : Akh = اخ
or we say Ayyyyyyyy = اي
or we say hada bewajjea' = هادا بيوجع
or we say ya lahaweeeeeeeeeeeeeee = يا لهوي

big language ... great language

Answer 8

AiyOoOOo in malayalam
orrie babaaa in bangla

Answer 9

In Afrikaans ( South Africa ) we say EINA! {a-na}
And a few other words I dare not mention...=)

Answer 10

polish - ał, ała, ałć (or maybe au, aua, auć...? i will never know the right spelling :P though it's my mother tounge ;) anyway, you pronounce it the same)