jaqaw
Maltese edit
| Root |
|---|
| w-q-għ |
| 2 terms |
Etymology edit
Probably from jaqa’ (“it happens”, literally “falls”) + u (“and”), in the sense “it may so happen that ...”. Aquilina interprets the second part as the pronoun hu, but this seems less likely.
Pronunciation edit
Adverb edit
jaqaw
- maybe, perhaps
- 2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 18:
- “X’tagħmel, Rob! Isma’, jaqaw ċempiltli d-dar?” staqsejtu biex naqilbu ftit id-diska.
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)