xpa

Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-p-y
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic بَكَى (bakā).

Verb

xpa I (present pkyixpi) (intransitive)

1. to weep
2. to whimper

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 164