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"name": "univerbation"
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"form": "kellek",
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"form": "kellkom",
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"source": "inflection",
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}
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"pos": "verb",
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{
"_dis": "52 48",
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"name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
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"Entry maintenance"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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"source": "w+disamb"
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{
"english": "I had a book. (literally, “It was to me a book.”)",
"text": "Kelli ktieb."
},
{
"english": "The man had a book. (literally, “The man it was to him a book.”)",
"text": "Ir-raġel kellu ktieb."
},
{
"ref": "1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħajja u l-Għarajjes”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:",
"text": "Il-Ħajja ma’ l-għarajjes\ndaret kollha daħkana;\ngħalihom ferħ biss kellha\nu daqq u żfin u għana,\nxita ta’ ross, xewqiet\nf’għomor mimli għaxqiet;",
"type": "quote"
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],
"glosses": [
"to belong to; expresses English have"
],
"id": "en-kell-mt-verb-WeiJ68M5",
"links": [
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"belong",
"belong"
],
[
"have",
"have#English"
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"examples": [
{
"english": "(literally, “It was to me (that) I write a book.”)",
"roman": "I had to write a book.",
"text": "Kelli nikteb ktieb."
},
{
"ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
"text": "Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li kien imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.",
"type": "quote"
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"to be obligatory for; to be necessary for; expresses English have to, must"
],
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"have to",
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"must",
"must#English"
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"(with following verb) to be obligatory for; to be necessary for; expresses English have to, must"
],
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"with following verb"
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"sounds": [
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"ipa": "/kɛll/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛll"
}
],
"word": "kell"
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"Maltese univerbations",
"Maltese verbs",
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"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Maltese/ɛll",
"Rhymes:Maltese/ɛll/1 syllable"
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"name": "univerbation"
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"form": "kelli",
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"first-person",
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},
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"form": "kellu",
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"masculine",
"singular",
"third-person"
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"form": "kellha",
"source": "inflection",
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"feminine",
"singular",
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"plural",
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"1": "kell",
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"pos": "verb",
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"word": "għand"
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"Maltese terms with usage examples",
"Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
],
"examples": [
{
"english": "I had a book. (literally, “It was to me a book.”)",
"text": "Kelli ktieb."
},
{
"english": "The man had a book. (literally, “The man it was to him a book.”)",
"text": "Ir-raġel kellu ktieb."
},
{
"ref": "1975, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Ħajja u l-Għarajjes”, in L-Għanja tas-Sittin:",
"text": "Il-Ħajja ma’ l-għarajjes\ndaret kollha daħkana;\ngħalihom ferħ biss kellha\nu daqq u żfin u għana,\nxita ta’ ross, xewqiet\nf’għomor mimli għaxqiet;",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to belong to; expresses English have"
],
"links": [
[
"belong",
"belong"
],
[
"have",
"have#English"
]
]
},
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"Maltese terms with quotations",
"Maltese terms with usage examples",
"Requests for translations of Maltese quotations"
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"examples": [
{
"english": "(literally, “It was to me (that) I write a book.”)",
"roman": "I had to write a book.",
"text": "Kelli nikteb ktieb."
},
{
"ref": "2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:",
"text": "Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li kien imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
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"to be obligatory for; to be necessary for; expresses English have to, must"
],
"links": [
[
"obligatory",
"obligatory"
],
[
"necessary",
"necessary"
],
[
"have to",
"have to#English"
],
[
"must",
"must#English"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(with following verb) to be obligatory for; to be necessary for; expresses English have to, must"
],
"raw_tags": [
"with following verb"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/kɛll/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-ɛll"
}
],
"word": "kell"
}
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