aħwa
Maltese edit
Etymology edit
From Arabic إِخْوَة (ʔiḵwa, “brothers”). The use also for “sisters” from generic use of the masculine, perhaps reinforced formally by the construct form ħut, which would have been close to *ħwiet, the expected outcome of Arabic أَخَوات (ʔaḵawāt).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
aħwa (construct form ħut)