Gulf Arabic

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Etymology

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From Arabic اِتَّكَأَ (ittakaʔa).

Pronunciation

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Verb

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تَكّا (takka) II (non-past يتَكّي (ytakki))

  1. to sit around, to chill, to relax (somewhere).
    خنروح نتكي عالبحر
    ḵanrūḥ ntakki ʕal-baḥar
    let's go chill out by the sea