Note 416 — THE HISTORY OF ABU NIYYAH AND ABU NIYYATAYN.[394]
Richard Francis Burton translation · Edition 2
In text “Kuwayyis,” dim. of “Kayyis,” and much used in Egypt as an adj. = “pretty,” “nice” and an adv. “well,” “nicely.” See s. v. Spitta Bey’s Glossary to Contes Arabes Modernes. The word is familiar to the travellers in the Nile-valley.