ukoll

Maltese

Alternative forms

wkoll (post-vocalic form)

Etymology

Apparently from u +‎ koll (literally “and all”). Probably used at first as a filler at the end of enumerations and then reinterpreted as “too, as well”. Compare the same development in dialectal British English and all.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /uˈkɔll/

Adverb

ukoll

also; too; as well
- 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:
  Wara l-bibien,
  fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
  batejt
  il-għeja
  il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
  batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
  iżda ġarrabt ukoll
  il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
  li kull tallab iħoss
  x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
  bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)