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Maltese
- wkoll (post-vocalic form)
Etymology
Apparently from u + koll (literally “and all”). Probably used at first as a filler at the end of enumerations and then reinterpreted as “too, as well”. Compare the same development in dialectal British English and all.
Pronunciation
Adverb
ukoll
- also; too; as well
1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:Wara l-bibien,
fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
batejt
il-għeja
il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
iżda ġarrabt ukoll
il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
li kull tallab iħoss
x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)