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Arabic
Pronunciation
Interjection
هَيَّا • (hayyā )
come on !; let's ; let's go!
Descendants
Maltese: ejja ( probably )
→ Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܗܲܝܘܼ ( hayū )
References
Wehr, Hans (1979 ) “هيا ”, in J. Milton Cowan, editor, A Dictionary of Modern Written Arabic , 4th edition, Ithaca, NY: Spoken Language Services, →ISBN
North Levantine Arabic
Adverb
هيا • (hayyā, hayyē )
( with a pronominal suffix ) there is , there are
وينهن الولاد؟ .هيّاهن عم بيلعبو برا waynhon l-wlēd? hayyēhon ʕam byelʕabo barra Where are the kids? They are outside playing.