"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, plural], 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, plural], 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, plural], 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, plural], 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): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 19 40 41
  2. to tear down, raze (a structure etc.)
    Sense id: en-witta-mt-verb-ObXYUzeO Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 19 40 41
  3. to ease, facilitate (a situation, problem)
    Sense id: en-witta-mt-verb-s-tu9d~T Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 19 40 41

Inflected forms

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