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"of the sea"
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"2": "mlejt",
"3": "mela",
"4": "mliet",
"5": "mlejna",
"6": "mlejtu",
"7": "mlew",
"8": "nimla",
"9": "timla"
},
"name": "mt-conj"
}
],
"lang": "Maltese",
"lang_code": "mt",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"categories": [
"Maltese transitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to fill, stuff"
],
"links": [
[
"fill",
"fill"
],
[
"stuff",
"stuff"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(transitive) to fill, stuff"
],
"tags": [
"transitive"
]
},
{
"antonyms": [
{
"word": "forogħ"
}
],
"categories": [
"Maltese intransitive verbs"
],
"glosses": [
"to rise, flood"
],
"links": [
[
"rise",
"rise"
],
[
"flood",
"flood"
]
],
"raw_glosses": [
"(intransitive, of the sea) to rise, flood"
],
"raw_tags": [
"of the sea"
],
"tags": [
"intransitive"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈmɛ.la/"
}
],
"word": "mela"
}
This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Maltese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-05-20 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.
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