alafede
Basque
FWOTD – 21 October 2015
Etymology
From ala + fede, or borrowed from a Romance language.
Interjection
alafede
- for sure; indeed (used to assert the truthfulness of a statement)
References
- 1987, Luis Michelena, Ibon Sarasola, Iñaki Segurola, Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia.
- 1989, Gorka Aulestia, Basque-English Dictionary, University of Nevada Press.
- 2008, Robert Lawrence Trask, Etymological Dictionary of Basque, University of Sussex.