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Cypriot Arabic
Etymology 1
From Arabic وَقَفَ (waqafa).
Verb
ekef I (present pikáf) (intransitive)
- to stand, to stop, to stay, to remain, to end up
Etymology 2
From Arabic وَاقِف (wāqif).
Adjective
ekef (feminine ekfe, masculine plural ekfín)
- standing, stopping, remaining
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 469