ܠܐ ܟܝ
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic
Etymology
Contraction of ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܝܵܕ݂ܥܹܝܢ (lā kē yāḏʿēn, “I don’t know”) and ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܝܵܕ݂ܥܵܢ (lā kē yāḏʿān, “I don’t know”), male and female forms of the full phrase respectively, although this contraction is used gender-neutrally.
Pronunciation
- (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [lakiː]
Phrase
ܠܵܐ ܟܝܼ • (lā kī)
- (colloquial) I don’t know