جوة

Hijazi Arabic

Root
ج و و
1 term

Etymology

Cognate with South Levantine Arabic جوة (juwwa) and Iraqi Arabic جَوَّة (jawwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒuwwa/.

Adverb

جُوَّة • (juwwa)

1. inside

   Antonym: بَرَّة (barra, “outside”)

   قاعدين جُوَّة ولَّا بَرَّة؟

   gāʕdīn juwwa walla barra?

   Are you sitting inside or outside?

Inflection

Inflected forms of جوة
Base form					جوة (juwwa)
Personal-pronoun- including forms		singular		plural
		m	f
1st person		جوتي (juwwati)		جوتنا (juwwatna)
2nd person		جوتَك (juwwatak)	جوتِك (juwwatik)	جوتكم (juwwatkum)
3rd person		جوته (juwwatu)	جوتها (juwwatha)	جوتهم (juwwathum)

Iraqi Arabic

Etymology

Cognate with South Levantine Arabic جوة (juwwa) and Hijazi Arabic جوة (juwwa).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /d͡ʒaw.wa/.

Adverb

جَوَّة (jawwa)

1. inside.

   Antonym: بَرَّة (barra, “outside”)

2. down, under.

   Antonym: فوق (fōg, “up”)

South Levantine Arabic

Adverb

جوّة • (juwwa)

1. Alternative spelling of جوا (“inside”)