ܠܐ ܟܝ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

Contraction of ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܝܵܕ݂ܥܹܝܢ‎ (lā kē yāḏˁēn, “I don’t know”) and ܠܵܐ ܟܹܐ ܝܵܕ݂ܥܵܢ‎ (lā kē yāḏˁān, “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)

  1. (colloquial) I don’t know
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