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Maltese
Etymology
Probably from jaqa’ (“it happens”, literally “falls”) + u (“and”), in the sense “it may so happen that ...”. Aquilina interprets the second part as the pronoun hu, but this seems less likely.
Pronunciation
Adverb
jaqaw
- maybe, perhaps
- Synonyms: (commonest) forsi, (dated) jewwilla, (literary, rarer) jimken
2018 [1977], Alfred Massa, L-Istar tal-Imgħoddi, 2nd edition, Horizons, page 18:“X’tagħmel, Rob! Isma’, jaqaw ċempiltli d-dar?” staqsejtu biex naqilbu ftit id-diska.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)