xka

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-k-y
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic حَكَى (ḥakā).

Verb

xka I (present pkyaxki)

1. to speak, to recount

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 207