alafede

Basque

FWOTD – 21 October 2015

Etymology

From ala +‎ fede, or borrowed from a Romance language.

Interjection

alafede

1. for sure; indeed (used to assert the truthfulness of a statement)

References

• Luis Michelena, Ibon Sarasola, Iñaki Segurola (1987) Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia (in Basque)
• Gorka Aulestia (1989) Basque-English Dictionary (in Basque), University of Nevada Press
• Robert Lawrence Trask (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Basque (in Basque), University of Sussex