indokra

Etymology
Probably from a variant of, derived from , from. The appropriate form is cited in Maltese literature. Otherwise the incorporation of the Sicilian infinitive ending in the Maltese verb would be unusual.

An alternative suggestion derives it from. This would plausibly have been borrowed as, but the further development requires several steps of dissimilation and metathesis (e.g. *rgodra → *ngodra → *ndokra), which ultimately makes this derivation unlikely. Aquilina, finally, proposes, which however involves the same problem concerning the -r- as and is semantically further off.

Verb

 * 1) to care for, look after
 * 2) to watch, guard, supervise
 * 1) to watch, guard, supervise