xta

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Cypriot Arabic

Root
x-t-y
1 term

Etymology

From Arabic اِتَّكَأَ (ittakaʔa).

Verb

xta I (present pkyaxti) (intransitive)

  1. to lean

References

  • Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 470