ayyu  (f. ayyītu, m. pl. ayyūtu, f. pl. ayyātu ; interrogative pronoun)

what, which ?
ayyû miqittu ina libbi dūri what damage is there within the walls ? ayyûti ālānīšu ša ... what towns of his ... ? ina ayyīti māti in which country ? ayyû illika which one has come ?

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