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〜わい: (old/rough male emphasis)
Character speech · 02 Endings and verbs
Sentence-final particle of old or rough male speech, adding emphasis or exclamation.
Plain form + わい (うまいわい, じゃわい). Heard from elderly characters in anime and period drama. In Osaka slang ワイ also means "I", which is a different word.
Examples
まだまだ若い者には負けんわい。
I will not lose to the young ones yet.
これはうまいわい。
This is delicious!