ܠܐ ܟܝ

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Assyrian Neo-Aramaic[edit]

Etymology[edit]

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[edit]

  • (Nineveh Plains) IPA(key): [lakiː]

Phrase[edit]

ܠܵܐ ܟܝܼ (lā kī)

  1. (colloquial) I don’t know