"xiex" meaning in Maltese

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      "expansion": "x’",
      "name": "m"
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      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "*iex",
        "t": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "*iex (“what”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "x'"
      },
      "expansion": "x’",
      "name": "m"
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    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "*iex"
      },
      "expansion": "*iex",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَيُّ شَيْء",
        "lit": "what thing"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَيُّ شَيْء (ʔayyu šayʔ, literally “what thing”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ary",
        "2": "آش",
        "tr": "ʔāš"
      },
      "expansion": "Moroccan Arabic آش (ʔāš)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acw",
        "2": "إيش",
        "tr": "ēš"
      },
      "expansion": "Hijazi Arabic إيش (ēš)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From x’ + earlier *iex (“what”), of which latter x’ is itself a contraction, thus a reduplicative formation. *iex is from Arabic أَيُّ شَيْء (ʔayyu šayʔ, literally “what thing”), exactly equivalent to Moroccan Arabic آش (ʔāš). Also cognate with Hijazi Arabic إيش (ēš), where the contracted vowel is different, however.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "xiex",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "pron",
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    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese pronouns",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what"
      ],
      "id": "en-xiex-mt-pron-dJqywNBs",
      "links": [
        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) what"
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "word": "x’"
        },
        {
          "word": "x’inhu"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪːʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xiex"
}

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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "*iex",
        "t": "what"
      },
      "expansion": "*iex (“what”)",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "x'"
      },
      "expansion": "x’",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "*iex"
      },
      "expansion": "*iex",
      "name": "m"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "أَيُّ شَيْء",
        "lit": "what thing"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic أَيُّ شَيْء (ʔayyu šayʔ, literally “what thing”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "ary",
        "2": "آش",
        "tr": "ʔāš"
      },
      "expansion": "Moroccan Arabic آش (ʔāš)",
      "name": "cog"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "acw",
        "2": "إيش",
        "tr": "ēš"
      },
      "expansion": "Hijazi Arabic إيش (ēš)",
      "name": "cog"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From x’ + earlier *iex (“what”), of which latter x’ is itself a contraction, thus a reduplicative formation. *iex is from Arabic أَيُّ شَيْء (ʔayyu šayʔ, literally “what thing”), exactly equivalent to Moroccan Arabic آش (ʔāš). Also cognate with Hijazi Arabic إيش (ēš), where the contracted vowel is different, however.",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "pronoun"
      },
      "expansion": "xiex",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "pron",
  "related": [
    {
      "word": "x’"
    },
    {
      "word": "x’inhu"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
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        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese pronouns",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "what"
      ],
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        [
          "what",
          "what"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(interrogative) what"
      ],
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        "interrogative"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ʃɪːʃ/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xiex"
}