"ċkejken" meaning in Maltese

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      "args": {
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      "expansion": "Corsican cicculu",
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        "2": "chico"
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      "expansion": "Spanish chico",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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      "args": {
        "1": "it",
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      },
      "expansion": "Italian piccolo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
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        "1": "mt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ciccum",
        "t": "trifle, bagatelle"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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      },
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      "name": "der"
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      "args": {
        "1": "auj",
        "2": "ⴰⵎⴻⵛⴽⵓⵏ",
        "t": "small",
        "tr": "aməškun"
      },
      "expansion": "Awjila ⴰⵎⴻⵛⴽⵓⵏ (aməškun, “small”)",
      "name": "cog"
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      },
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    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ċ-k-n",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "ċ-k-n",
      "name": "mt-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Diminutive of older ċikken, still found in placenames.\nProbably from a now lost variant of Sicilian picculu, of uncertain origin, but with related forms throughout Romance. To the Maltese form compare especially Corsican cicculu, further also Spanish chico and pequeño, Italian piccolo and piccino, all meaning “small, little”. The initial ċ- could go back to pre-Sicilian pl- (*pliccunu), from a metathesis, or it could be due to a merger with Latin ciccum (“trifle, bagatelle”), among other possibilities.\nLameen Souag (2018) proposes an alternative derivation from the eastern Berber word in Awjila ⴰⵎⴻⵛⴽⵓⵏ (aməškun, “small”) etc. This would have been borrowed into dialectal Arabic as *مَشْكُون (*maškūn), which looks like a passive participle from a root š-k-n. What speaks in favour of this, is the extensive development of the root ċ-k-n in Maltese; on the whole, however, the Romance etymology probably remains the more plausible, particularly as no such root seems to be attested in Maghrebi Arabic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ċkejkna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċkejknin",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iċken",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "comp": "iċken",
        "f": "ċkejkna",
        "p": "ċkejknin"
      },
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adj",
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        {
          "word": "kbir"
        }
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          "source": "w"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small, little"
      ],
      "id": "en-ċkejken-mt-adj-~OPJa5AZ",
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "żgħir"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃkɛj.kɛn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ċkejken"
}

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        "2": "scn",
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      },
      "expansion": "Sicilian picculu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "co",
        "2": "cicculu"
      },
      "expansion": "Corsican cicculu",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "es",
        "2": "chico"
      },
      "expansion": "Spanish chico",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "it",
        "2": "piccolo"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian piccolo",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "ciccum",
        "t": "trifle, bagatelle"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
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        "1": "mt",
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        "3": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "Berber",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "auj",
        "2": "ⴰⵎⴻⵛⴽⵓⵏ",
        "t": "small",
        "tr": "aməškun"
      },
      "expansion": "Awjila ⴰⵎⴻⵛⴽⵓⵏ (aməškun, “small”)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "-"
      },
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      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ċ-k-n",
        "nocat": "1"
      },
      "expansion": "ċ-k-n",
      "name": "mt-root"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Diminutive of older ċikken, still found in placenames.\nProbably from a now lost variant of Sicilian picculu, of uncertain origin, but with related forms throughout Romance. To the Maltese form compare especially Corsican cicculu, further also Spanish chico and pequeño, Italian piccolo and piccino, all meaning “small, little”. The initial ċ- could go back to pre-Sicilian pl- (*pliccunu), from a metathesis, or it could be due to a merger with Latin ciccum (“trifle, bagatelle”), among other possibilities.\nLameen Souag (2018) proposes an alternative derivation from the eastern Berber word in Awjila ⴰⵎⴻⵛⴽⵓⵏ (aməškun, “small”) etc. This would have been borrowed into dialectal Arabic as *مَشْكُون (*maškūn), which looks like a passive participle from a root š-k-n. What speaks in favour of this, is the extensive development of the root ċ-k-n in Maltese; on the whole, however, the Romance etymology probably remains the more plausible, particularly as no such root seems to be attested in Maghrebi Arabic.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "ċkejkna",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "ċkejknin",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "iċken",
      "tags": [
        "comparative"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "args": {
        "comp": "iċken",
        "f": "ċkejkna",
        "p": "ċkejknin"
      },
      "expansion": "ċkejken (feminine singular ċkejkna, plural ċkejknin, comparative iċken)",
      "name": "mt-adjective"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "antonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kbir"
        }
      ],
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        "Maltese 2-syllable words",
        "Maltese adjectives",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
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        "Maltese links with redundant alt parameters",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms derived from Berber languages",
        "Maltese terms derived from Latin",
        "Maltese terms derived from Sicilian",
        "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "small, little"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "small",
          "small"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "żgħir"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡ʃkɛj.kɛn/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ċkejken"
}