"liema" meaning in Maltese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "li",
        "3": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "li + ma",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "اللِّي مَا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic اللِّي مَا (al-lī mā)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَمَّا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Likely developed as a native replacement for أَيّ (ʔayy), which Maltese either lost or never had. The form liema is not attested in Arabic dictionaries.\nSeveral etymological explanations have been proposed:\n* Bonelli, Aquilina: a contraction of li + ma, short for li ma bħalu (“the one with no equal”), originally meaning “unequalled, matchless”.\n* Charles Louis Dessoulavy, Giuseppe Barbera: from Arabic اللِّي مَا (al-lī mā).\n* Erin Serracino Inglott: from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).",
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese determiners",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 1 entry",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "which, what"
      ],
      "id": "en-liema-mt-det-7id6R6MV",
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) which, what"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Aquilina",
        "it:Luigi Bonelli",
        "mt:Erin Serracino Inglott"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɪː.ma/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "liema"
}

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  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "li",
        "3": "ma"
      },
      "expansion": "li + ma",
      "name": "af"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "اللِّي مَا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic اللِّي مَا (al-lī mā)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَمَّا"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Likely developed as a native replacement for أَيّ (ʔayy), which Maltese either lost or never had. The form liema is not attested in Arabic dictionaries.\nSeveral etymological explanations have been proposed:\n* Bonelli, Aquilina: a contraction of li + ma, short for li ma bħalu (“the one with no equal”), originally meaning “unequalled, matchless”.\n* Charles Louis Dessoulavy, Giuseppe Barbera: from Arabic اللِّي مَا (al-lī mā).\n* Erin Serracino Inglott: from Arabic أَمَّا (ʔammā).",
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "det",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese determiners",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Pages with 1 entry",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "which, what"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "which",
          "which"
        ],
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) which, what"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ],
      "wikipedia": [
        "Aquilina",
        "it:Luigi Bonelli",
        "mt:Erin Serracino Inglott"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈlɪː.ma/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "liema"
}