ܐܝܟܐ

Assyrian Neo-Aramaic

Etymology

From Aramaic אַיכָּא (ˀaykā), from אַי (ˀay) + כָּא (kā, “here”), hence from Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-.

Pronunciation

• (Standard) IPA^(key): [ʔajkaː]
• (Urmia) IPA^(key): [ʔiːt͡ʃaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔeːkaː]

Adverb

ܐܲܝܟܵܐ • (aykā)

1. (interrogative) where (In, at or to which place or situation)

   ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ؟ ― aykā ìwet? ― Where are you?

   ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܗܘܹܐ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ؟ ― aykā hwē lāḵ? ― Where were you born?

2. (relative, colloquial) where (In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that))

   ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ.

   āzaḥ aykā īṯ ṭillānīṯā.

   Let’s go where there’s shade.

3. (conditional, with ܕ-) where (In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere)

   ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܕܐܵܙܹܠ ܗܠܘܿܟ݂ ܒܵܬ݂ܪܹܗ.

   aykā d-āzēl hlōḵ bāṯrēh.

   Follow him wherever he goes.

Derived terms

• ܟܠ ܐܲܝܟܵܐ (kul aykā, “wherever”)
• ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܕܗܵܘܹܐ (aykā dhāwē, “wherever, anywhere”)
• ܡܐܲܝܟܵܐ (mˀaykā)
• ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܕ- (aykā d-, “where (relative)”)
• ܟܲܝܠܹܗ (kaylēh)

Turoyo

Etymology

Inherited from Aramaic איכא (ˀaykā), from אַי (ˀay) + כָּא (kā, “here”), hence from Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-.

Adverb

ܐܰܝܟܳܐ • (ayko)

1. (interrogative) where (In, at or to which place or situation)

   ܐܰܝܟܳܐ ܝܳܐ؟ ― ayko yo? ― Where is he/she?

   ܐܰܝܟܳܐ ܗܰܘܰܬ؟ ― ayko hawat? ― Where were you born?

Derived terms

• ܡܰܝܟܳܐ (mayko, “from where”)
• ܠܰܝܟܳܐ (layko, “to where”)