"inkella" meaning in Maltese

See inkella in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adverb

IPA: /ɪnˈkɛl.la/
Etymology: Probably from an underlying Arabic إن كانَ لَا (ʔin kāna lā, “if it were not so”, literally “if it were no”). Etymology templates: {{der|mt|ar|إن كانَ لَا|lit=if it were no|t=if it were not so}} Arabic إن كانَ لَا (ʔin kāna lā, “if it were not so”, literally “if it were no”) Head templates: {{mt-adverb}} inkella
  1. else, otherwise Synonyms: nkella (english: after a vowel) [informal], jonkella, jankella
    Sense id: en-inkella-mt-adv-hMi0~Jll Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header

Download JSON data for inkella meaning in Maltese (1.0kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "إن كانَ لَا",
        "lit": "if it were no",
        "t": "if it were not so"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic إن كانَ لَا (ʔin kāna lā, “if it were not so”, literally “if it were no”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from an underlying Arabic إن كانَ لَا (ʔin kāna lā, “if it were not so”, literally “if it were no”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "inkella",
      "name": "mt-adverb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "else, otherwise"
      ],
      "id": "en-inkella-mt-adv-hMi0~Jll",
      "links": [
        [
          "else",
          "else"
        ],
        [
          "otherwise",
          "otherwise"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "english": "after a vowel",
          "tags": [
            "informal"
          ],
          "word": "nkella"
        },
        {
          "word": "jonkella"
        },
        {
          "word": "jankella"
        }
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈkɛl.la/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inkella"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "إن كانَ لَا",
        "lit": "if it were no",
        "t": "if it were not so"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic إن كانَ لَا (ʔin kāna lā, “if it were not so”, literally “if it were no”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Probably from an underlying Arabic إن كانَ لَا (ʔin kāna lā, “if it were not so”, literally “if it were no”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {},
      "expansion": "inkella",
      "name": "mt-adverb"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "adv",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese 3-syllable words",
        "Maltese adverbs",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "else, otherwise"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "else",
          "else"
        ],
        [
          "otherwise",
          "otherwise"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ɪnˈkɛl.la/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "english": "after a vowel",
      "tags": [
        "informal"
      ],
      "word": "nkella"
    },
    {
      "word": "jonkella"
    },
    {
      "word": "jankella"
    }
  ],
  "word": "inkella"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Maltese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-18 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-05-02 using wiktextract (1d5a7d1 and 304864d). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.