"bena" meaning in Maltese

See bena in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

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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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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      "form": "bnejtu",
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    },
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      "form": "bnew",
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        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
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        "singular"
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        "second-person",
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        "third-person"
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        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "ibnu",
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        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
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        "14": "jibnu",
        "15": "ibni",
        "16": "ibnu",
        "2": "bnejt",
        "3": "bena",
        "4": "bniet",
        "5": "bnejna",
        "6": "bnejtu",
        "7": "bnew",
        "8": "nibni",
        "9": "tibni"
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    }
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
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          "ref": "2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Għax meta missieri kien jibni xi gallinar, jew xi xatba, jew xi kannizzata, qatt ma kien jixtri xejn, iżda jlaqqat u jillapazza b’dak li jsib. Imma jiena ma ridtx għarix mibni bl-imbarazz, iżda kamp sabiħ u pulit u b’saħħtu.",
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        }
      ],
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        "to build"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to set up, to stack"
      ],
      "id": "en-bena-mt-verb-BtbUJTnz",
      "links": [
        [
          "set up",
          "set up"
        ],
        [
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          "stack"
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    },
    {
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        "to compose (music)"
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      "links": [
        [
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        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛ.na/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "bena"
}
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    "Maltese final-weak form-I verbs",
    "Maltese final-weak verbs",
    "Maltese form-I verbs",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Maltese verbs",
    "Pages with 8 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "sv:Cooking",
    "sv:Fish",
    "sv:Hair"
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      "tags": [
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        "past"
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
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        "plural",
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        "singular"
      ]
    },
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        "4": "bniet",
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
  "senses": [
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          "ref": "2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
          "text": "Għax meta missieri kien jibni xi gallinar, jew xi xatba, jew xi kannizzata, qatt ma kien jixtri xejn, iżda jlaqqat u jillapazza b’dak li jsib. Imma jiena ma ridtx għarix mibni bl-imbarazz, iżda kamp sabiħ u pulit u b’saħħtu.",
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        "to build"
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          "build",
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        "to set up, to stack"
      ],
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          "set up",
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          "stack",
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    },
    {
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        "to compose (music)"
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          "compose",
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɛ.na/"
    }
  ],
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}

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