Reconstruction:Maltese/iex

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic أَيُّ شَيْء (ʔayyu šayʔ, literally “what thing”). Cognate with Moroccan Arabic آش (ʔāš) and Hijazi Arabic إيش (ʔēš)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɪːʃ/

Pronoun

*iex

1. (interrogative) what

Derived terms

• biex
• daqsiex
• dwariex
• fiex
• fuqiex
• għaliex
• mniex
• tiex
• xiex
• x’