See ittra on Wiktionary
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"text": "ittra majjuskla; ittra kbira; ittra kapitali ― capital letter"
},
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2,
7
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4,
10
]
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69,
74
]
],
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82,
89
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"english": "The story of life\nis written by the clouds each day\non the face of the ponds\nwith letters of light and shadow.",
"ref": "1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “L-Istorja tal-Ħajja”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:",
"text": "L-Istorja tal-ħajja\njiktibha s-sħab kull jum\nfuq wiċċ l-għadajjar\nbl-ittri tad-dawl u d-dell...",
"translation": "The story of life\nis written by the clouds each day\non the face of the ponds\nwith letters of light and shadow.",
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75,
80
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91,
98
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"english": "[…] Thicker and heavier than I thought. I open it, and on the first page, printed in large letters, it says: Find Me, Jack Micallef. I flip through a few pages and feel a wave of disappointment when I realize it's some kind of manuscript for a book. Words and stories! Ugh!",
"ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, chapter 13, in Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
"text": "[…] Eħxen u itqal milli ħsibtu. Niftħu u fuq l-ewwel paġna hemm stampat, b’ittri kbar: Fittixni, Jack Micallef. Inqalleb ftit il-paġni ta’ ġewwa u, b’sens ta’ delużjoni, ninduna li hu speċi ta’ manuskritt ta’ xi ktieb. Kliem u stejjer! Jaqq!",
"translation": "[…] Thicker and heavier than I thought. I open it, and on the first page, printed in large letters, it says: Find Me, Jack Micallef. I flip through a few pages and feel a wave of disappointment when I realize it's some kind of manuscript for a book. Words and stories! Ugh!",
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"text": "kaxxa tal-ittra ― letterbox"
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10,
15
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14,
20
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"english": "I wrote her a letter, but she didn’t answer it.",
"text": "Ktibtilha ittra, imma ma weġbitx għaliha.",
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66,
71
]
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64,
70
]
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"ref": "1973, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ballata tal-Assedju ta' Għawdex”, in Ballati Maltin:",
"text": "Tliet mitt ruħ Siman ġa tilef,\ngħalhekk beda jaqta’ l-jies;\ndik l-ittra kompliet ġagħlitu\nbiex tirtira jordna n-nies.",
"translation": "Sinan had lost three hundred men,\nso he began to lose hope;\nthe letter pushed him\nto order retreat.",
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20,
25
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32,
38
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"english": "Everything began with that long letter full of bombastic words. Words, words, and more words. It had arrived about seven months earlier, at the start of summer.",
"ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, chapter 2, in Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
"text": "Kollox beda b’dik l-ittra twila u mimlija kliem bombastiku. Kliem, kliem u aktar kliem. Kienet waslet xi 7 xhur qabel, fil-bidu tas-sajf.",
"translation": "Everything began with that long letter full of bombastic words. Words, words, and more words. It had arrived about seven months earlier, at the start of summer.",
"type": "quotation"
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"ipa": "/ˈɪt.tra/"
},
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"rhymes": "-ɪttra"
}
],
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"Maltese terms derived from Sicilian",
"Maltese terms with rebracketed definite article",
"Pages with 1 entry",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Maltese/ɪttra",
"Rhymes:Maltese/ɪttra/2 syllables"
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"text": "ittra majjuskla; ittra kbira; ittra kapitali ― capital letter"
},
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2,
7
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4,
10
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69,
74
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82,
89
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"english": "The story of life\nis written by the clouds each day\non the face of the ponds\nwith letters of light and shadow.",
"ref": "1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “L-Istorja tal-Ħajja”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:",
"text": "L-Istorja tal-ħajja\njiktibha s-sħab kull jum\nfuq wiċċ l-għadajjar\nbl-ittri tad-dawl u d-dell...",
"translation": "The story of life\nis written by the clouds each day\non the face of the ponds\nwith letters of light and shadow.",
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75,
80
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91,
98
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"ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, chapter 13, in Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
"text": "[…] Eħxen u itqal milli ħsibtu. Niftħu u fuq l-ewwel paġna hemm stampat, b’ittri kbar: Fittixni, Jack Micallef. Inqalleb ftit il-paġni ta’ ġewwa u, b’sens ta’ delużjoni, ninduna li hu speċi ta’ manuskritt ta’ xi ktieb. Kliem u stejjer! Jaqq!",
"translation": "[…] Thicker and heavier than I thought. I open it, and on the first page, printed in large letters, it says: Find Me, Jack Micallef. I flip through a few pages and feel a wave of disappointment when I realize it's some kind of manuscript for a book. Words and stories! Ugh!",
"type": "quotation"
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10,
15
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14,
20
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"english": "I wrote her a letter, but she didn’t answer it.",
"text": "Ktibtilha ittra, imma ma weġbitx għaliha.",
"translation": "I wrote her a letter, but she didn’t answer it.",
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[
66,
71
]
],
"bold_translation_offsets": [
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64,
70
]
],
"english": "Sinan had lost three hundred men,\nso he began to lose hope;\nthe letter pushed him\nto order retreat.",
"ref": "1973, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ballata tal-Assedju ta' Għawdex”, in Ballati Maltin:",
"text": "Tliet mitt ruħ Siman ġa tilef,\ngħalhekk beda jaqta’ l-jies;\ndik l-ittra kompliet ġagħlitu\nbiex tirtira jordna n-nies.",
"translation": "Sinan had lost three hundred men,\nso he began to lose hope;\nthe letter pushed him\nto order retreat.",
"type": "quotation"
},
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20,
25
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32,
38
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"english": "Everything began with that long letter full of bombastic words. Words, words, and more words. It had arrived about seven months earlier, at the start of summer.",
"ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, chapter 2, in Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
"text": "Kollox beda b’dik l-ittra twila u mimlija kliem bombastiku. Kliem, kliem u aktar kliem. Kienet waslet xi 7 xhur qabel, fil-bidu tas-sajf.",
"translation": "Everything began with that long letter full of bombastic words. Words, words, and more words. It had arrived about seven months earlier, at the start of summer.",
"type": "quotation"
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