"balbal" meaning in Maltese

See balbal in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈbal.bal/
Etymology: Onomatopoeic. Etymology templates: {{onom|mt}} Onomatopoeic Head templates: {{mt-verb|jbalbal|mbalbal|vn=tbalbil}} balbal (imperfect jbalbal, past participle mbalbal, verbal noun tbalbil) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|balbalt|balbalt|balbal|balblet|balbalna|balbaltu|balblu|nbalbal|tbalbal|jbalbal|tbalbal|nbalblu|tbalblu|jbalblu|balbal|balblu}} Forms: jbalbal [imperfect], mbalbal [participle, past], tbalbil [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], balbalt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], balbalt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], balbal [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], balbalna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], balbaltu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], balblu [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], balbalt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], balbalt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], balblet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], balbalna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], balbaltu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], balblu [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nbalbal [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tbalbal [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jbalbal [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nbalblu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tbalblu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jbalblu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nbalbal [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tbalbal [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tbalbal [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nbalblu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tbalblu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jbalblu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], balbal [imperative, second-person, singular], balblu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to gibber, to babble
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "jbalblu",
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        "third-person"
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      "form": "nbalbal",
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        "13": "tbalblu",
        "14": "jbalblu",
        "15": "balbal",
        "16": "balblu",
        "2": "balbalt",
        "3": "balbal",
        "4": "balblet",
        "5": "balbalna",
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      "ipa": "/ˈbal.bal/"
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        "second-person"
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        "third-person"
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        "singular"
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        "third-person"
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        "imperfect",
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        "second-person"
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        "third-person"
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    },
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        "second-person",
        "singular"
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      "ipa": "/ˈbal.bal/"
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