"bena" meaning in Maltese

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Verb

IPA: /ˈbɛ.na/
Etymology: From Arabic بَنَى (banā). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|بَنَى}} Arabic بَنَى (banā) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jibni|mibni}} bena (imperfect jibni, past participle mibni) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|bnejt|bnejt|bena|bniet|bnejna|bnejtu|bnew|nibni|tibni|jibni|tibni|nibnu|tibnu|jibnu|ibni|ibnu}} Forms: jibni [imperfect], mibni [participle, past], no-table-tags [table-tags], bnejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], bnejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], bena [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], bnejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], bnejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], bnew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], bnejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], bnejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], bniet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], bnejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], bnejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], bnew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nibni [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tibni [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jibni [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nibnu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tibnu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jibnu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nibni [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tibni [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tibni [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nibnu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tibnu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jibnu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], ibni [imperative, second-person, singular], ibnu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to build
    Sense id: en-bena-mt-verb-D9q-mEa7
  2. to set up, to stack
    Sense id: en-bena-mt-verb-BtbUJTnz Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 11 74 15
  3. to compose (music)
    Sense id: en-bena-mt-verb-R3FuMLR6

Inflected forms

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    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
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    "sv:Fish",
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