kayel كيل
Tunisian Derja · verb
“kayel” (كيل) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to measure a quantity (volume).
Meanings
- to measure a quantity (volume)
- to measure out (cooking)
Usage
Kayyel means measuring a quantity using a container: a glass, bowl, cup, or grain measure. It is common in cooking for measuring flour, semolina, or water, and at the market for goods sold by volume. The typical construction is kayyel b, "to measure with" a container. The corresponding noun is kil, "measure." Not to be confused with kilou, the kilogram. For measuring a length, one says 9ayyes instead.
Example
كيّل باي حاجة ) كاس صحفة فنجان ...... (
Kayil bay 7aja ( kess sa7fa finjen ...... )
“Measure with anything (a glass, a bowl, a cup…).”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “kayel” but also “kayyel”, “kayil”, “keyil” and “kayyil”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.