werwer

== Maltese == === Etymology === Formally from Arabic وَلْوَلَ (walwala, “to wail, lament”), itself probably from وَيْل (wayl, “woe”). The transitive use in Maltese would be a backformation from twerwer (“be scared”), from the fifth stem تَوَلْوَلَ (tawalwala), which in Arabic is used synonymously with the first-mentioned form. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈwɛr.wɛr/ Rhymes: -ɛrwɛr === Verb === werwer (imperfect jwerwer, past participle mwerwer) to scare, to terrify Synonyms: beżża’, waħħax ==== Conjugation ====