"zekzek" meaning in Maltese

See zekzek in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

IPA: /ˈt͡sɛk.t͡sɛk/
Etymology: Probably an alteration of żekżek (“to peep, chirp”), from Arabic زَقْزَقَ (zaqzaqa). The change from [z] to the harsher [t͡s] perhaps onomatopoetic for muffled, aggressive speech. Etymology templates: {{der|mt|ar|زَقْزَقَ}} Arabic زَقْزَقَ (zaqzaqa), {{ic|􂀿z􂁀}} [z], {{ic|􂀿t͡s􂁀}} [t͡s] Head templates: {{mt-verb|jzekzek|mzekzek|vn=zekzik}} zekzek (imperfect jzekzek, past participle mzekzek, verbal noun zekzik) Inflection templates: {{mt-conj|zekzikt|zekzikt|zekzek|zekzket|zekzikna|zekziktu|zekzku|nzekzek|zzekzek|jzekzek|zzekzek|nzekzku|zzekzku|jzekzku|zekzek|zekzku}} Forms: jzekzek [imperfect], mzekzek [participle, past], zekzik [noun-from-verb], no-table-tags [table-tags], zekzikt [first-person, masculine, perfect, singular], zekzikt [masculine, perfect, second-person, singular], zekzek [masculine, perfect, singular, third-person], zekzikna [first-person, masculine, perfect, plural], zekziktu [masculine, perfect, plural, second-person], zekzku [masculine, perfect, plural, third-person], zekzikt [feminine, first-person, perfect, singular], zekzikt [feminine, perfect, second-person, singular], zekzket [feminine, perfect, singular, third-person], zekzikna [feminine, first-person, perfect, plural], zekziktu [feminine, perfect, plural, second-person], zekzku [feminine, perfect, plural, third-person], nzekzek [first-person, imperfect, masculine, singular], zzekzek [imperfect, masculine, second-person, singular], jzekzek [imperfect, masculine, singular, third-person], nzekzku [first-person, imperfect, masculine, plural], zzekzku [imperfect, masculine, plural, second-person], jzekzku [imperfect, masculine, plural, third-person], nzekzek [feminine, first-person, imperfect, singular], zzekzek [feminine, imperfect, second-person, singular], zzekzek [feminine, imperfect, singular, third-person], nzekzku [feminine, first-person, imperfect, plural], zzekzku [feminine, imperfect, plural, second-person], jzekzku [feminine, imperfect, plural, third-person], zekzek [imperative, second-person, singular], zekzku [imperative, plural, second-person]
  1. to gossip
    Sense id: en-zekzek-mt-verb-GLCZYPfB
  2. to hiss
    Sense id: en-zekzek-mt-verb-wg4uJFda
  3. to twitter
    Sense id: en-zekzek-mt-verb-uRxn2SuB Categories (other): Maltese entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries Disambiguation of Maltese entries with incorrect language header: 13 17 55 15 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 15 21 48 17 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 11 16 61 12
  4. to utter a number of repeated [t͡s]-sounds to express disapproval
    Sense id: en-zekzek-mt-verb--mPGMCrd

Inflected forms

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        {
          "english": "People only gossip about her because they envy her.",
          "text": "In-nies biss izekzku fuqha, għaliex jgħiru għaliha."
        }
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  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈt͡sɛk.t͡sɛk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zekzek"
}

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    "Maltese form-Iq verbs",
    "Maltese lemmas",
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    "Maltese terms derived from Arabic",
    "Maltese verbs",
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        {
          "english": "People only gossip about her because they envy her.",
          "text": "In-nies biss izekzku fuqha, għaliex jgħiru għaliha."
        }
      ],
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        "to twitter"
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      "ipa": "/ˈt͡sɛk.t͡sɛk/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "zekzek"
}

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