"xitwa" meaning in Maltese

See xitwa in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /ˈʃɪt.wa/ Forms: xtiewi [plural], xitwiet [paucal]
Etymology: From Arabic شَتْوة (šatwa). Etymology templates: {{inh|mt|ar|شَتْوة}} Arabic شَتْوة (šatwa) Head templates: {{mt-noun|g=f|p=xtiewi|pauc=xitwiet}} xitwa f (plural xtiewi, paucal xitwiet)
  1. winter (season) Tags: feminine Categories (topical): Seasons Related terms: rebbiegħa (english: spring), sajf (english: summer), ħarifa (english: autumn)
    Sense id: en-xitwa-mt-noun-QpxB3u6I Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for xitwa meaning in Maltese (1.2kB)

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "شَتْوة"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic شَتْوة (šatwa)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic شَتْوة (šatwa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xtiewi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xitwiet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "p": "xtiewi",
        "pauc": "xitwiet"
      },
      "expansion": "xitwa f (plural xtiewi, paucal xitwiet)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "mt",
          "name": "Seasons",
          "orig": "mt:Seasons",
          "parents": [
            "Nature",
            "Periodic occurrences",
            "All topics",
            "Time",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "winter (season)"
      ],
      "id": "en-xitwa-mt-noun-QpxB3u6I",
      "links": [
        [
          "winter",
          "winter"
        ]
      ],
      "related": [
        {
          "english": "spring",
          "word": "rebbiegħa"
        },
        {
          "english": "summer",
          "word": "sajf"
        },
        {
          "english": "autumn",
          "word": "ħarifa"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɪt.wa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xitwa"
}
{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "ar",
        "3": "شَتْوة"
      },
      "expansion": "Arabic شَتْوة (šatwa)",
      "name": "inh"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Arabic شَتْوة (šatwa).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "xtiewi",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "xitwiet",
      "tags": [
        "paucal"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "p": "xtiewi",
        "pauc": "xitwiet"
      },
      "expansion": "xitwa f (plural xtiewi, paucal xitwiet)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "related": [
    {
      "english": "spring",
      "word": "rebbiegħa"
    },
    {
      "english": "summer",
      "word": "sajf"
    },
    {
      "english": "autumn",
      "word": "ħarifa"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese 2-syllable words",
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese feminine nouns",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese nouns",
        "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms inherited from Arabic",
        "Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation",
        "mt:Seasons"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "winter (season)"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "winter",
          "winter"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈʃɪt.wa/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "xitwa"
}

This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable Maltese dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-04-17 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-04-01 using wiktextract (0b52755 and 5cb0836). 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.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.