kweis

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Juba Arabic[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkweis/, [ˈkwe.ɪs]

Adjective[edit]

kweis (plural kweisiin)

  1. Alternative spelling of kweys

Adverb[edit]

kweis

  1. Alternative spelling of kweys

Nubi[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Sudanese Arabic كويس (kuwayyis). Cognate with Juba Arabic kweys.

Adjective[edit]

kweis

  1. good

Adverb[edit]

kweis

  1. well, properly
    adaku nas kura to de kweis.
    his feet were brushed properly.

References[edit]

  • Ineke Wellens (2005) The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN, page 178