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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic مَا هُوَ شَيْء (mā huwa šayʔ). By surface analysis, ma + hu + -x. Compare Egyptian Arabic مُشّ (mušš).
Pronunciation
Adverb
mhux
- not; negates nominal sentences, adjectives, adverbs
2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:“IMMA … mhux se teħlisha ħafif għal li għamilt, Amina. Ma nistax nibqa’ nwissik biss u int tibqa’ tagħmel ta’ rasek. Dawn il-jumejn, illum u għada, se tqattagħhom f’kamra waħdek, f’dan is-sular. Mhux se tattendi lezzjonijiet —”- (please add an English translation of this quotation)