"bla" meaning in Maltese

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        "3": "بِلَا",
        "lit": "with not",
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      "expansion": "Arabic بِلَا (bi-lā, literally “with not”)",
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      "expansion": "By surface analysis, b’ + le",
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  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بِلَا (bi-lā, literally “with not”). By surface analysis, b’ + le.",
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  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "prep",
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          "english": "without milk",
          "text": "bla ħalib",
          "translation": "without milk",
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          "english": "Destroy, kill those vines,\nthe offspring of the worker’s sweat,\nkeep the poor man in the hovel alone,\nwithout bread, without light, without peace!",
          "ref": "1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:",
          "text": "Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,\nwild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,\nżomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,\nu bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!",
          "translation": "Destroy, kill those vines,\nthe offspring of the worker’s sweat,\nkeep the poor man in the hovel alone,\nwithout bread, without light, without peace!",
          "type": "quotation"
        }
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      "glosses": [
        "without (an ingredient, means, concomitant, quality)"
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      "ipa": "/blaː/"
    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-aː"
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      "other": "/bla/"
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  "word": "bla"
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        "3": "بِلَا",
        "lit": "with not",
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      "name": "inh"
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        "2": "b'",
        "3": "le"
      },
      "expansion": "By surface analysis, b’ + le",
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  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic بِلَا (bi-lā, literally “with not”). By surface analysis, b’ + le.",
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          "english": "without milk",
          "text": "bla ħalib",
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          "ref": "1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:",
          "text": "Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,\nwild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,\nżomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,\nu bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!",
          "translation": "Destroy, kill those vines,\nthe offspring of the worker’s sweat,\nkeep the poor man in the hovel alone,\nwithout bread, without light, without peace!",
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