"ssikka" meaning in Maltese

See ssikka in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /(ɪ)sˈsɪk.ka/
Etymology: Borrowed from Sicilian siccari, from Latin siccare. Etymology templates: {{bor+|mt|scn|siccari}} Borrowed from Sicilian siccari, {{der|mt|la|sicco|siccare}} Latin siccare Head templates: {{mt-verb|jissikka|ssikkat|pp2=sikkat|vn=ssikkar|vn2=sikkar}} ssikka (imperfect jissikka, past participle ssikkat or sikkat, verbal noun ssikkar or sikkar) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|ssikkajt|ssikkajt|ssikka|ssikkat|ssikkajna|ssikkajtu|ssikkaw|nissikka|tissikka|jissikka|tissikka|nissikkaw|tissikkaw|jissikkaw|ssikka|ssikkaw}} Forms: jissikka [imperfect], ssikkat [participle, past], sikkat [participle, past], ssikkar [noun-from-verb], sikkar [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], ssikkajt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], ssikkajt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], ssikka [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], ssikkajna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], ssikkajtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], ssikkaw [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], ssikkajt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], ssikkajt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], ssikkat [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], ssikkajna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], ssikkajtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], ssikkaw [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nissikka [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], tissikka [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jissikka [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nissikkaw [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], tissikkaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jissikkaw [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nissikka [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], tissikka [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], tissikka [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nissikkaw [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], tissikkaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jissikkaw [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], ssikka [imperative, second-person, singular], ssikkaw [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to tighten (a law, measure)
    Sense id: en-ssikka-mt-verb-zYJyjxkP
  2. to pressurise, press, badger
    Sense id: en-ssikka-mt-verb-8ODk1u2C Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 13 87 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 32 68 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 7 93
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: issikka [also] Related terms: sikkanti, sikkatura
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          "text": "f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri\ntat-terrakotta - ’kk tmisshom,\nisiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha -\ngħoddha qalftitni fatat.",
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          "english": "King James Version translation: Then came also publicans to be baptized, and said unto him, Master, what shall we do? And he said unto them, Exact no more than that which is appointed you. (Literally: “Don’t press anybody to give you more taxes than you are supposed to take.”)",
          "ref": "c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Luqa 3:12-13:",
          "text": "Resqu wkoll xi pubblikani biex jitgħammdu u qalulu: “Mgħallem, x’għandna nagħmlu aħna?”. U huwa weġibhom: “Tissikkaw lil ħadd biex jagħtikom taxxi iżjed milli jmisskom tieħdu”.",
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      "ipa": "/(ɪ)sˈsɪk.ka/"
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          "ref": "2022, Nadia Mifsud, meta tinfetaq il-folla, Ede Books, →ISBN:",
          "text": "f’żarbun ġa ssikkat. irkiekel dahri\ntat-terrakotta - ’kk tmisshom,\nisiru frak. dil-belt tentakli waħedha -\ngħoddha qalftitni fatat.",
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          "ref": "c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Luqa 3:12-13:",
          "text": "Resqu wkoll xi pubblikani biex jitgħammdu u qalulu: “Mgħallem, x’għandna nagħmlu aħna?”. U huwa weġibhom: “Tissikkaw lil ħadd biex jagħtikom taxxi iżjed milli jmisskom tieħdu”.",
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      "links": [
        [
          "pressurise",
          "pressurise"
        ],
        [
          "press",
          "press"
        ],
        [
          "badger",
          "badger"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/(ɪ)sˈsɪk.ka/"
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "raw_tags": [
        "after a consonant",
        "after a pause"
      ],
      "tags": [
        "also"
      ],
      "word": "issikka"
    }
  ],
  "word": "ssikka"
}

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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Maltese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). 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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