وخا
Moroccan Arabic
Alternative forms
- واخا (wāḵḵa)
Etymology
From Arabic وَخَّى (waḵḵā, “to lead, to aim”). Compare North Levantine Arabic ماشي (māši, “OK”) from Arabic مَشَى (mašā, “to walk”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /wax.xa/
Interjection
وخا • (waḵḵa)
- OK
- كنواعدك باللي غنجي للمغرب الصيف الجاي – وخا
- kanwāʕdek belli ḡa-nji l-el-maḡrib eṣ-ṣīf ej-jāy – waḵḵa
- I promise you that will come to Morocco next summer – OK
Preposition
وخا • (waḵḵa)
- in spite of
- خدمتك ناقصة وخا متخرج من مدرسة المهندسين
- ḵdamtak nāqṣa waḵḵa metḵarraj men madrasat el-muhandisīn
- Your work is lacking in spite of the fact that you graduated from an engineering school.