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Cypriot Arabic
Etymology
From Arabic بَكَى (bakā).
Verb
xpa I (present pkyixpi) (intransitive)
- to weep
- to whimper
References
- Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 164