ܐܝܟܐ

From Aramaic אַיכָּא‎ (ˀaykā), from אַי‎ (ˀay) + כָּא‎ (kā, “here”), hence from Proto-Semitic *ʔayy-.

• (standard) IPA^(key): [ʔajkaː]
• (Urmian) IPA^(key): [ʔiːt͡ʃaː]
• (Nineveh Plains) IPA^(key): [ʔeːkaː]

ܐܲܝܟܵܐ • (aykā)

1. (interrogative) where (In, at or to which place or situation)

   ‏ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܝܘܸܬ؟‎‎ ― aykā ìwet? ― Where are you?

   ‏ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܗܘܹܐ ܠܵܟ݂ܝ؟‎‎ ― aykā hwē lāḵ? ― Where were you born?

2. (relative, colloquial) where (In, at or to the place (that) or a place (that))

   ‏ܐܵܙܲܠ݇ܚ ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܐܝܼܬ݂ ܛܸܠܵܢܝܼܬ݂ܵܐ‎

   āzaḥ aykā īṯ ṭillānīṯā

   Let’s go where there’s shade.

3. (conditional) (with ܕ-) where (In, at or to any place (that); wherever; anywhere)

   ‏ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܕܐܵܙܹܠ ܗܠܘܿܟ݂ ܒܵܬ݂ܪܹܗ‎

   aykā d-āzēl hlōḵ bāṯrēh

   Follow him wherever he goes.

• ܟܠ ܐܲܝܟܵܐ‎ (kul aykā, “wherever”)
• ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܕܗܵܘܹܐ‎ (aykā dhāwē, “wherever, anywhere”)
• ܡܐܲܝܟܵܐ‎ (mˀaykā)
• ܐܲܝܟܵܐ ܕ-‎ (aykā d-, “where (relative)”)

From Aramaic איכא‎.

ܐܰܝܟܳܐ • (ayko)

1. where

   ‏ܐܰܝܟܳܐ ܝܳܐ؟‎‎ ― ayko yo? ― Where is he/she?

   ‏ܐܰܝܟܳܐ ܗܰܘܰܬ؟‎‎ ― ayko hawat? ― Where were you born?

• ܡܰܝܟܳܐ‎ (mayko, “from where”)
• ܠܰܝܟܳܐ‎ (layko, “to where”)