kamyou كاميو
Algerian Darja · noun
“kamyou” (كاميو) is a noun in Algerian Darja meaning truck, lorry.
Meanings
- truck, lorry
Usage
Kamyou is the adapted loanword from French "camion", without the final n. It is the usual word for any heavy goods vehicle, whether used for delivery, freight or construction sites. It takes the article: l-kamyou. The plural is kamyouwat or kamyounat. For a very large truck or a semi-trailer, simi is also heard. The driver is called chifour ta3 kamyou or camionneur. The word is neutral and used in all registers.
Example
الكاميو حبس قدام الدار
l kamyou hbes 9oddam ddar
“The truck stopped in front of the house.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kamyou” but also “kamio”, “camio” and “kamyo”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.
Type “kamyou” on the Arabic keyboard
In Moroccan Darija
Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Moroccan Darija, where it means “truck, lorry”: kamio in Moroccan.