Arabic-L:LING:Is mozza borrowed from Spanish?

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1) Subject:Is mozza borrowed from Spanish?

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Date: 18 Jul 2008
From:Michael.Schub at trincoll.edu
Subject:Is mozza borrowed from Spanish?

     The Spanish word 'moza' has the denotation of 'young woman;  
sweetheart, etc.'  Maybe our honorable hermanos can help us gringos  
out here:  'girlfriend' has relatively recently taken on a negative  
connotation in such popular expressions as 'no way, girlfriend,' etc.   
Does 'moza' in Spanish have any positive or negative connotations;  
say, in some fixed expressions or usages??  And is a putative Spanish  
term liable or likely to enter Cairene dialect??  Muchicimas gracias,  
y abrazos,
                                                           Mike Schub

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