"bbaffja" meaning in All languages combined

See bbaffja on Wiktionary

Verb [Maltese]

IPA: /(ɪ)bˈbaf.fja/ Audio: LL-Q9166 (mlt)-GħawdxiVeru-bbaffja.wav (note: Gozo)
Rhymes: -affja Etymology: Etymology tree Ancient Greek [Term?]? Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos)bor. Latin būbalusder. Late Latin bufalusder. Italian bufaloder. Old French bufle Middle French buffleder. English buffe English to buffbor. Maltese bbaffja Borrowed from English to buff. Etymology templates: {{ety|mt|:bor|en:buff<alt:to buff>|text=+|tree=1}} Etymology tree Ancient Greek [Term?]? Ancient Greek βούβαλος (boúbalos)bor. Latin būbalusder. Late Latin bufalusder. Italian bufaloder. Old French bufle Middle French buffleder. English buffe English to buffbor. Maltese bbaffja [Appendix:Glossary#loanword|Borrowed]] from", "terms" : [ { "alt" : "to buff", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "leather", "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "buffalo", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "der.", "keyword_label" : "Derived from", "terms" : [ { "children" : [ { "keyword_abbrev" : "bor.", "keyword_label" : "Borrowed from", "terms" : [ { "gloss" : "buffalo", "children" : [ { "terms" : [ { "is_uncertain" : true, "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "status" : "ok", "children" : [ ], "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "Ancient Greek", "term" : "βούβαλος", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "grc" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Latin", "term" : "būbalus", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "la" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Late Latin", "term" : "bufalus", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "la-lat" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Italian", "term" : "bufalo", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "it" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "Old French", "term" : "bufle", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "fro" } ], "keyword_label" : "Inherited from", "keyword" : "inherited" } ], "lang_name" : "Middle French", "term" : "buffle", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "frm" } ], "keyword" : "derived" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "buffe", "status" : "inline", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword_label" : "From", "keyword" : "from" } ], "lang_name" : "English", "term" : "buff", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "en" } ], "keyword" : "bor" } ], "lang_name" : "Maltese", "term" : "bbaffja", "status" : "ok", "lang" : "mt" }" data-lang="mt" data-title="bbaffja"> Borrowed from English to buff. Head templates: {{mt-verb|jibbaffja|bbaffjat|vn=bbaffjar}} bbaffja (imperfect jibbaffja, past participle bbaffjat, verbal noun bbaffjar) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj-auto|loan-a}} Forms: jibbaffja [imperfect], bbaffjat [participle, past], bbaffjar [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], bbaffjajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], bbaffjajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], bbaffja [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], bbaffjajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], bbaffjajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], bbaffjaw [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], bbaffjajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], bbaffjajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], bbaffjat [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], bbaffjajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], bbaffjajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], bbaffjaw [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nibbaffja [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tibbaffja [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jibbaffja [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nibbaffjaw [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tibbaffjaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jibbaffjaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nibbaffja [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tibbaffja [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tibbaffja [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nibbaffjaw [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tibbaffjaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jibbaffjaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], bbaffja [imperative, second-person, singular], bbaffjaw [imperative, plural, second-person], bbaffjajtx [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], bbaffjajtx [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], bbaffjax [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], bbaffjajniex [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], bbaffjajtux [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], bbaffjawx [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], bbaffjajtx [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], bbaffjajtx [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], bbaffjatx [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], bbaffjajniex [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], bbaffjajtux [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], bbaffjawx [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nibbaffjax [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tibbaffjax [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jibbaffjax [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nibbaffjawx [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tibbaffjawx [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jibbaffjawx [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nibbaffjax [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tibbaffjax [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tibbaffjax [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nibbaffjawx [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tibbaffjawx [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jibbaffjawx [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], tibbaffjax [imperative, second-person, singular], tibbaffjawx [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to buff (to polish and make shiny) Related terms: bafer
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    }
  ],
  "word": "bbaffja"
}
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    {
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        "1": "mt",
        "2": ":bor",
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        "text": "+",
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      },
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      "name": "ety"
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        "imperfect"
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "class"
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      "form": "bbaffjajt",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjajna",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bbaffjajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjajt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "form": "bbaffjat",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjajna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjajtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "bbaffjaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "nibbaffja",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbaffja",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibbaffja",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbaffjaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbaffjaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "jibbaffjaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbaffja",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbaffja",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbaffja",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbaffjaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbaffjaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibbaffjaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffja",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjaw",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjajniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjajtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjajtx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjatx",
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        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjajniex",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjajtux",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "bbaffjawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbaffjax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbaffjax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibbaffjax",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbaffjawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbaffjawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibbaffjawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbaffjax",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbaffjax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbaffjax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nibbaffjawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbaffjawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jibbaffjawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbaffjax",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tibbaffjawx",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "jibbaffja",
        "2": "bbaffjat",
        "vn": "bbaffjar"
      },
      "expansion": "bbaffja (imperfect jibbaffja, past participle bbaffjat, verbal noun bbaffjar)",
      "name": "mt-verb"
    }
  ],
  "inflection_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "loan-a"
      },
      "name": "mt-conj-auto"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "bafer"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Ancient Greek term requests",
        "Maltese a-type unadapted loan verbs",
        "Maltese entries referencing pages with etymology sections missing etymons",
        "Maltese entries with etymology texts",
        "Maltese entries with etymology trees",
        "Maltese entries with etymon",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese terms borrowed from English",
        "Maltese terms derived from Ancient Greek",
        "Maltese terms derived from English",
        "Maltese terms derived from Italian",
        "Maltese terms derived from Late Latin",
        "Maltese terms derived from Latin",
        "Maltese terms derived from Middle French",
        "Maltese terms derived from Old French",
        "Maltese unadapted loan verbs",
        "Maltese verbs",
        "Pages using etymon with no ID",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries",
        "Pages with etymology trees",
        "Pages with etymon",
        "Rhymes:Maltese/affja",
        "Rhymes:Maltese/affja/3 syllables"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to buff (to polish and make shiny)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "buff",
          "buff"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ɪ)bˈbaf.fja/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "LL-Q9166 (mlt)-GħawdxiVeru-bbaffja.wav",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4b/LL-Q9166_%28mlt%29-G%C4%A7awdxiVeru-bbaffja.wav/LL-Q9166_%28mlt%29-G%C4%A7awdxiVeru-bbaffja.wav.mp3",
      "note": "Gozo",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/4b/LL-Q9166_%28mlt%29-G%C4%A7awdxiVeru-bbaffja.wav/LL-Q9166_%28mlt%29-G%C4%A7awdxiVeru-bbaffja.wav.ogg"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-affja"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bbaffja"
}

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