"witta" meaning in Maltese

See witta in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈwɪt.ta/
Etymology: From Arabic وَطَّأَ (waṭṭaʔa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|وَطَّأَ}} Arabic وَطَّأَ (waṭṭaʔa) Head templates: {{mt-verb|jwitti|mwitti||tutija}} witta (imperfect jwitti, past participle mwitti, verbal noun tutija) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|wittejt|wittejt|witta|wittiet|wittejna|wittejtu|wittew|nwitti|twitti|jwitti|twitti|nwittu|twittu|jwittu|witti|wittu}} Forms: jwitti [imperfect], mwitti [participle, past], tutija [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], wittejt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], wittejt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], witta [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], wittejna [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], wittejtu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], wittew [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], wittejt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], wittejt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], wittiet [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], wittejna [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], wittejtu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], wittew [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nwitti [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], twitti [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jwitti [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nwittu [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], twittu [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jwittu [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nwitti [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], twitti [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], twitti [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nwittu [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], twittu [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jwittu [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], witti [imperative, second-person, singular], wittu [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to level, smooth (a path)
    Sense id: en-witta-mt-verb-qn-awQcC Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 28 12 27 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 29 12 27 17 Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 25 37 38
  2. to tear down, raze (a structure etc.)
    Sense id: en-witta-mt-verb-ObXYUzeO Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 28 12 27 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 29 12 27 17 Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 25 37 38
  3. to ease, facilitate (a situation, problem)
    Sense id: en-witta-mt-verb-s-tu9d~T Categories (other): Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries, Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Pages with 2 entries: 15 28 12 27 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 15 29 12 27 17 Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 25 37 38

Inflected forms

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        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "وَطَّأَ"
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      "name": "inh"
    }
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  "etymology_text": "From Arabic وَطَّأَ (waṭṭaʔa).",
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      "form": "jwitti",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect"
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    },
    {
      "form": "mwitti",
      "tags": [
        "participle",
        "past"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "tutija",
      "tags": [
        "noun-from-verb"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "table-tags"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "mt-conj/II-weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "inflection-template"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wittejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wittejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witta",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wittejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wittejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wittew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wittejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    {
      "form": "wittejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wittiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wittejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wittejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wittew",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nwitti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twitti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "jwitti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nwittu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twittu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jwittu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nwitti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twitti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twitti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nwittu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
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    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
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        "second-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "jwittu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "witti",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wittu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "imperative",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    }
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        "2": "mwitti",
        "3": "",
        "4": "tutija"
      },
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    }
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        "15": "witti",
        "16": "wittu",
        "2": "wittejt",
        "3": "witta",
        "4": "wittiet",
        "5": "wittejna",
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        "7": "wittew",
        "8": "nwitti",
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  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "verb",
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        {
          "_dis": "15 28 12 27 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 29 12 27 17",
          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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          "_dis": "25 37 38",
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      "glosses": [
        "to level, smooth (a path)"
      ],
      "id": "en-witta-mt-verb-qn-awQcC",
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          "level",
          "level"
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        [
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          "kind": "other",
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          "kind": "other",
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          "parents": [],
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to tear down, raze (a structure etc.)"
      ],
      "id": "en-witta-mt-verb-ObXYUzeO",
      "links": [
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          "tear down",
          "tear down"
        ],
        [
          "raze",
          "raze"
        ]
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    },
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        {
          "_dis": "15 28 12 27 17",
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          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
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        },
        {
          "_dis": "15 29 12 27 17",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
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        },
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          "_dis": "25 37 38",
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            "Entries with incorrect language header",
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      ],
      "glosses": [
        "to ease, facilitate (a situation, problem)"
      ],
      "id": "en-witta-mt-verb-s-tu9d~T",
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          "ease",
          "ease"
        ],
        [
          "facilitate",
          "facilitate"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪt.ta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witta"
}

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    "Maltese final-weak form-II verbs",
    "Maltese final-weak verbs",
    "Maltese form-II verbs",
    "Maltese lemmas",
    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
    "Maltese verbs",
    "Pages with 2 entries",
    "Pages with entries"
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        "imperfect"
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    {
      "form": "tutija",
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      ]
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      "form": "no-table-tags",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "table-tags"
      ]
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      "form": "mt-conj/II-weak",
      "source": "conjugation",
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      ]
    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    },
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        "perfect",
        "second-person",
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    },
    {
      "form": "witta",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "perfect",
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      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wittejna",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
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    },
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      "form": "wittew",
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        "perfect",
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        "third-person"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wittejt",
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        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wittejt",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
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    },
    {
      "form": "wittiet",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
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    },
    {
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "perfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wittejtu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "wittew",
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        "feminine",
        "perfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nwitti",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twitti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jwitti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "masculine",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "source": "conjugation",
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
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        "masculine",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nwitti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "twitti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperfect",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twitti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "singular",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "nwittu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
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        "first-person",
        "imperfect",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "twittu",
      "source": "conjugation",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "jwittu",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "feminine",
        "imperfect",
        "plural",
        "third-person"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "witti",
      "source": "conjugation",
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        "imperative",
        "second-person",
        "singular"
      ]
    },
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      "form": "wittu",
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        "plural",
        "second-person"
      ]
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      "args": {
        "1": "jwitti",
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        "4": "tutija"
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        "15": "witti",
        "16": "wittu",
        "2": "wittejt",
        "3": "witta",
        "4": "wittiet",
        "5": "wittejna",
        "6": "wittejtu",
        "7": "wittew",
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        "9": "twitti"
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  ],
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  "pos": "verb",
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        "to level, smooth (a path)"
      ],
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          "level",
          "level"
        ],
        [
          "smooth",
          "smooth"
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      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "to tear down, raze (a structure etc.)"
      ],
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        [
          "tear down",
          "tear down"
        ],
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          "raze",
          "raze"
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    },
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        "to ease, facilitate (a situation, problem)"
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          "ease"
        ],
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          "facilitate"
        ]
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  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/ˈwɪt.ta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "witta"
}

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