أيوى

South Levantine Arabic

Alternative forms

Etymology

Probably formed أَيّ (ʔayy) + swearing وَ (wa), the former as well used in Palestinian Arabic in the sense “let’s go”, “styll” etc. and with أَيّ نَعَم (ʔayy naʕam), possibly arbitrarily chosen for its onomatopoeic properties like Urban British English aye, as well as High Arabic هَيَّا (hayyā).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔaj.wa/, [ˈʔaj.wa]
  • Audio (Ramallah):(file)

Particle

أيوى • (ʔaywa)

  1. yes, yep, yeah
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