"tikka" meaning in Maltese

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        "3": "تَكّة",
        "t": "one, piece, morsel, bit, tad"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic تَكّة (takka, “one, piece, morsel, bit, tad”)",
      "name": "inh"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "fa",
        "3": "تکه",
        "tr": "tekke"
      },
      "expansion": "Persian تکه (tekke)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "tick",
        "t": "checkmark; short moment"
      },
      "expansion": "English tick (“checkmark; short moment”)",
      "name": "m+"
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  "etymology_text": "Probably inherited from dialectal Arabic تَكّة (takka, “one, piece, morsel, bit, tad”), from Persian تکه (tekke), provided that the borrowing into Arabic happened early enough. Otherwise an independent onomatopoeia could not be ruled out; compare English tick (“checkmark; short moment”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tikek",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tikkiet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
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        "g": "f",
        "p": "tikek",
        "pauc": "tikkiet"
      },
      "expansion": "tikka f (plural tikek, paucal tikkiet)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "point, dot, spot"
      ],
      "id": "en-tikka-mt-noun-iepqE9Rv",
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          "point",
          "point"
        ],
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          "dot",
          "dot"
        ],
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          "spot",
          "spot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    },
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      ],
      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don’t trust him one bit.",
          "text": "Ma nafdahx tikka."
        }
      ],
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        "a bit, a little"
      ],
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        "(often in negation) a bit, a little"
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      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɪk.ka/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tikka"
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      "name": "inh"
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      "expansion": "Persian تکه (tekke)",
      "name": "der"
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  "etymology_text": "Probably inherited from dialectal Arabic تَكّة (takka, “one, piece, morsel, bit, tad”), from Persian تکه (tekke), provided that the borrowing into Arabic happened early enough. Otherwise an independent onomatopoeia could not be ruled out; compare English tick (“checkmark; short moment”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "tikek",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tikkiet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "p": "tikek",
        "pauc": "tikkiet"
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      "expansion": "tikka f (plural tikek, paucal tikkiet)",
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
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    {
      "glosses": [
        "point, dot, spot"
      ],
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          "point",
          "point"
        ],
        [
          "dot",
          "dot"
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        [
          "spot",
          "spot"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
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      "examples": [
        {
          "english": "I don’t trust him one bit.",
          "text": "Ma nafdahx tikka."
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "a bit, a little"
      ],
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        [
          "bit",
          "bit"
        ],
        [
          "little",
          "little"
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        "(often in negation) a bit, a little"
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  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈtɪk.ka/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "tikka"
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