kweis

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Juba Arabic

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈkweis/, [ˈkwe.ɪs]

Adjective

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kweis (plural kweisiin)

  1. Alternative spelling of kweys

Adverb

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kweis

  1. Alternative spelling of kweys

Nubi

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Etymology

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From Sudanese Arabic كويس (kuwayyis). Cognate with Juba Arabic kweys.

Adjective

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kweis

  1. good

Adverb

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kweis

  1. well, properly

References

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  • Wellens, Ineke (2005) The Nubi Language of Uganda: an Arabic Creole in Africa, Leiden, The Netherlands: Brill, →ISBN, page 178