wisq
Maltese
Etymology
Probably from Arabic وُسْع (wusʿ, “that of which one is capable, one's capacity, power”), with a shift from għ to q that is explainable in this phonetic position. Alternatively from وَسْق (wasq, “freight, load”); compare semantically English a load of (“much”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wɪsʔ/
Adverb
wisq
- too (more than is appropriate)