wisq

Maltese

Etymology

Probably from Arabic وُسْع‎ (wusʿ, “that of which one is capable, one's capacity, power”), with a shift from għ to q that is explainable in this phonetic position. Alternatively from وَسْق‎ (wasq, “freight, load”); compare semantically English a load of (“much”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /wɪsʔ/

Adverb

wisq

  1. too (more than is appropriate)
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