"milgħaqa" meaning in Maltese

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        "3": "مِلْعَقة",
        "lit": "licking tool",
        "t": "spoon"
      },
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic مِلْعَقة (milʕaqa, “spoon”, literally “licking tool”).\nA more etymological spelling would be milagħqa, because the underlying form is *milgħqa, where -a- was inserted to break up the inadmissible consonant cluster (as similarly in mibegħda). The spelling milgħaqa implies an Arabic *مِلْعاقة (*milʕāqa). However, Maltese does not apply the etymological principle slavishly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "milgħaqiet",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    }
  ],
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
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        },
        {
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          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Kitchenware",
          "orig": "mt:Kitchenware",
          "parents": [
            "Cooking",
            "Home appliances",
            "Tools",
            "Food and drink",
            "Home",
            "Machines",
            "Technology",
            "All topics",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "teaspoon, coffee spoon"
      ],
      "id": "en-milgħaqa-mt-noun-Tvmvhlmg",
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        [
          "teaspoon",
          "teaspoon"
        ],
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          "coffee spoon",
          "coffee spoon"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "mgħarfa"
        }
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "kuċċarina"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/mɪˈlaː.ʔa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪˈlaˤː.ʔa/"
    }
  ],
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      "name": "inh"
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      },
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      },
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    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic مِلْعَقة (milʕaqa, “spoon”, literally “licking tool”).\nA more etymological spelling would be milagħqa, because the underlying form is *milgħqa, where -a- was inserted to break up the inadmissible consonant cluster (as similarly in mibegħda). The spelling milgħaqa implies an Arabic *مِلْعاقة (*milʕāqa). However, Maltese does not apply the etymological principle slavishly.",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "milgħaqiet",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
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      ],
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          "coffee spoon"
        ]
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          "word": "kuċċarina"
        }
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    {
      "ipa": "/mɪˈlaː.ʔa/"
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/mɪˈlaˤː.ʔa/"
    }
  ],
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}