inkella

Maltese

Alternative forms

• nkella (chiefly informal, after a vowel)
• jonkella, jankella

Etymology

Probably from an underlying Arabic إن كانَ لَا (ʔin kāna lā, “if it were not so”, literally “if it were no”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪnˈkɛl.la/

Adverb

inkella

1. else, otherwise
   • 2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     Setgħet ġibdet lejn il-Mellieħa, mit-triq jew mill-passaġġ, jew qabdet it-triq tal-Imġiebaħ, inkella minn ħdejn il-lukanda għan-naħa t’Għajn Ħadid, jew jista’ jkun anke telqet lejn Forti Campbell iktar kmieni, qabel ma wasalt jien.

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