"bini" meaning in Maltese

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        "3": "بِناء"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بِناء (bināʔ)",
      "name": "inh"
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      "args": {
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        "2": "بُكاء"
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      "expansion": "Arabic بُكاء (bukāʔ)",
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  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بِناء (bināʔ). The final -i either by influence of binja or as a relict of word-final imala, for whose existence in older Maltese there is good evidence (it may have been lost through influence of the Romance feminine -a); compare also biki from Arabic بُكاء (bukāʔ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "binjiet",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "m",
        "p": "binjiet"
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      "expansion": "bini m (plural binjiet)",
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  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
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      "glosses": [
        "the act of building"
      ],
      "id": "en-bini-mt-noun-YEU8FB6u",
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          "building",
          "building"
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      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) the act of building"
      ],
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        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
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      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of binja (“a building, structure”)."
      ],
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        [
          "binja",
          "binja#Maltese"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "extra": "a building, structure",
          "tags": [
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            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "binja"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪ.nɪ/"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "imala"
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  "word": "bini"
}

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    "Maltese masculine nouns",
    "Maltese nouns",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation"
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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "3": "بِناء"
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      "expansion": "Arabic بِناء (bināʔ)",
      "name": "inh"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ar",
        "2": "بُكاء"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic بُكاء (bukāʔ)",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بِناء (bināʔ). The final -i either by influence of binja or as a relict of word-final imala, for whose existence in older Maltese there is good evidence (it may have been lost through influence of the Romance feminine -a); compare also biki from Arabic بُكاء (bukāʔ).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "binjiet",
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        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      "expansion": "bini m (plural binjiet)",
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  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese uncountable nouns"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "the act of building"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "building",
          "building"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(uncountable) the act of building"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "uncountable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Synonym of binja (“a building, structure”)."
      ],
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        [
          "binja",
          "binja#Maltese"
        ]
      ],
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        {
          "extra": "a building, structure",
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            "synonym",
            "synonym-of"
          ],
          "word": "binja"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈbɪ.nɪ/"
    }
  ],
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  "word": "bini"
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