7ewwes حوس

Moroccan Darija · verb

“7ewwes” (حوس) is a verb in Moroccan Darija meaning to wander, stroll around.

Meanings

1. to wander, stroll around
2. to search around for something

Usage

7ewwes means to move around with no particular aim, to take a walk around town or the neighbourhood. It is also used in the sense of looking for something by going from place to place. In that case it takes 3la: 7ewwes 3la khedma, "to look for work here and there". The word is informal. It carries a nuance of wandering or idling, stronger than in tsara, which means a leisurely walk. The present is formed with ka- (kan7ewwes) and the future with ghadi (ghadi n7ewwes). The corresponding verbal noun is t7ewwis.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “7ewwes” but also “7wwes”, “7awes”, “hawwes” and “7ows”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Digits stand in for Arabic letters that have no Latin equivalent: 7 is ha (ح), a breathy h from the throat.

Type “7ewwes” on the Arabic keyboard

In Algerian Darja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Algerian Darja, where it means “to look for, search”; “to look around, inquire”: hawes in Algerian.

In Tunisian Derja

Spelt the same way in Arabic, the word also exists in Tunisian Derja, where it means “to stroll, go for a walk”; “to look for (with 3la)”: 7awes in Tunisian.