mpalla

Cypriot Arabic

Root
p-l-l
3 terms

Etymology

From Arabic اِنْبَلّ (inball).

Verb

mpalla (present pkyimpálla or pkyímpall) (intransitive)

1. to become wet

References

• Borg, Alexander (2004) A Comparative Glossary of Cypriot Maronite Arabic (Arabic–English) (Handbook of Oriental Studies; I.70), Leiden and Boston: Brill, page 164