See mela in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:",
"text": "Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar\nu l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur\nħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira\nqalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.",
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{
"ref": "1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Fil-Ġnien”, in Fl-Arena:",
"text": "Ta’ ferħ u serħ imlietni, u bħall-għasafar\nu l-friefet jien għamilt: minn fjur għal fjur\nħsiebi tar bħal farfett, taħt siġra kbira\nqalbi fesdqet il-għana bħal għasfur.",
"type": "quote"
}
],
"glosses": [
"to fill, to stuff"
],
"links": [
[
"fill",
"fill"
],
[
"stuff",
"stuff"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) to fill, to stuff"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "forogħ"
}
],
"categories": [
"Maltese intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to rise, to flood"
],
"links": [
[
"rise",
"rise"
],
[
"flood",
"flood"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, of the sea) to rise, to flood"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of the sea"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛ.la/"
}
],
"word": "mela"
}
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