tahwisa تحويسة
Tunisian Derja · noun
“tahwisa” (تحويسة) is a noun in Tunisian Derja meaning stroll, walk, short outing.
Meanings
- stroll, walk, short outing
- ride, drive around
Usage
Tahwisa comes from the verb hawwes, "to stroll, to go for a walk". It refers to an outing with no particular goal: walking around town, going along the beach, going for a drive. The typical construction is "na3mlou tahwisa", "let's go for a stroll", often followed by the place with "fi" or "3la". It is a very common, informal and warm word, often associated with summer evenings and weekends. Be careful not to confuse it with the verb hawwes 3la, which means "to look for something". The noun tahwisa keeps the sense of a walk.
Example
يزّي مالقعدة، أيّا نعملو تحويسة في المرسى.
yezzi mel qa3da, ayya na3mlou tahwisa fel marsa.
“Enough sitting around, come on, let's go for a stroll in La Marsa.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “tahwisa” but also “ta7wisa”, “tahwissa”, “ta7wissa” and “tahwiisa”. 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.