"lewa" meaning in Maltese

See lewa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈlɛw.wa/
Etymology: From Arabic لَوَى (lawā). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|لَوَى}} Arabic لَوَى (lawā) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jilwi|milwi|vn=liwi}} lewa (imperfect jilwi, past participle milwi, verbal noun liwi) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|lwejt|lwejt|lewa|lwiet|lwejna|lwejtu|lwew|nilwi|tilwi|jilwi|tilwi|nilwu|tilwu|jilwu|ilwi|ilwu}} Forms: jilwi [imperfect], milwi [participle, past], liwi [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], lwejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], lwejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], lewa [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], lwejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], lwejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], lwew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], lwejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], lwejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], lwiet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], lwejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], lwejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], lwew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nilwi [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tilwi [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jilwi [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nilwu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tilwu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jilwu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nilwi [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tilwi [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tilwi [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nilwu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tilwu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jilwu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], ilwi [imperative, second-person, singular], ilwu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to bend, to contort Tags: transitive Synonyms: għawweġ
    Sense id: en-lewa-mt-verb-uywJog3t
  2. (intransitive) to turn (left or right on one’s way) Tags: intransitive
    Sense id: en-lewa-mt-verb-sdbAAmhP Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 42 58

Inflected forms

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