daqskemm
Maltese
editEtymology
editUniverbation of daqs + kemm.
Pronunciation
editConjunction
editdaqskemm
- as much as, as ... as
- 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
- Ma nafx dawk li jirbħu s-Super 5 jifirħux daqskemm fraħt jien dakinhar.
- I don’t know if those who win the Super Five [a lottery in Malta] rejoice as much as I rejoiced that day.
- 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:
- Ninżel fuq tarf is-siġġu u ngħolli għajnejja ’l fuq bis-slow motion. Il-brimba ta’ fuq moħħha ma tidhirx feroċi daqskemm ħsibt, ejja.
- I descend on the edge of the chair and raise my eyes in slow motion. The spider on her forehead does not look as ferocious as I thought, at least.