ykawer يكور
Tunisian Derja · verb
“ykawer” (يكور) is a verb in Tunisian Derja meaning to play football.
Meanings
- to play football
- to mess someone around
Usage
Ykawwer is the present tense of kawwer, formed from koura, "ball". In the literal sense it means "to play football": "mazal ykawwer", "he's still playing". It is very often used without an object. With bi, the meaning becomes figurative and informal: "ykawwer bik", literally "he plays ball with you". It means he is messing you around, toying with you or giving you the runaround. For other sports, the verb le3eb, "to play", followed by the name of the sport, is more usual.
Example
ولدي يكور كل نهار مع صحابو.
weldi ykawwer kol nhar m3a s7abou.
“My son plays football every day with his friends.”
How to write it in Latin letters
In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “ykawer” but also “ykawwer”, “ikawer”, “ykaouer” and “ykawir”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.