kukrumbajsa

kukrumbajsi (plural)
kutrumbajsa (alternative)

According to Aquilina, it is a corruption of kurbajsa. Compare Arabic كَرْبَسَ (karbasa, “to walk as if one is shackled”).


kutrumbajsa

Alternative form of kukrumbajsa: somersault


vaganza

vaganzi (plural)
vakanza (alternative uncommon)

(in the plural) holidays, break, vacation

Alternative form: vaganzja


tbenġila

tbenġiliet (plural)
benġila (alternative)


tbenġil

mt-verbal noun

tbenġil m (instance noun tbenġila or benġila)


viċinanza

vicinity, proximity, closeness, nearness


xufier

mt-noun

xufier m (plural xufiera, feminine xufiera)


trukkatur

trukkatur m (plural trukkaturi, feminine trukkatura or trukkatriċi)

trukkaturi (plural)
trukkatura (feminine)
trukkatriċi (feminine)


trukkatura

(theater) female equivalent of trukkatur


trukkaturi

plural of trukkatur, trukkatura, and trukkatriċi


blakafefobija

From bla + kafè + -fobija, literally “no coffee phobia”.

af

Blakafefobija: Il-biża’ li jispiċċalek il-kafè u tibqa’ qisek qlajt daqqa ta’ trakk il-ġurnata kollha

2020 January 3, “X'inti? Piżellu, ġobnuż jew stramħabbat?”, in newsbook.com.mt, archived from the original on 2024-02-05:


xjuħija

xjuħiti (first-person singular)
xjuħitna (first-person singular)
xjuħitek (second-person singular)
xjuħitkom (second-person singular)
xjuħitu (masculine singular third-person)
xjuħitha (feminine singular third-person)
xjuħithom (singular third-person)


raġuni

Borrowed from Sicilian ragiuni /raggiuni. Doublet of raġun.


ħtieġa

/ˈħtɪː.d͡ʒa/

bla ħtieġa


inkin

bow (gesture made by bending forward at the waist)


Brittaniku

mt-noun

Brittaniku m (plural Brittaniċi, feminine Brittanika)

Brittaniċi (plural)
Brittanika (feminine)

Briton, Brit (native or inhabitant of Britain) (usually male)


kalzettiera

pigeon with feet covered with smooth feathers

(Kerċem) swallow with feather-covered feet


ħabba tal-għajn

ħabba tal-għajn f (plural ħbub tal-għajnejn)


tebqa tas-sorm

tebqa tas-sorm f (plural tebqiet tas-sorm)


trombettier

trombettier m (plural trombettieri or trombettiera, feminine trombettiera)

trombettieri (plural)
trombettiera (plural)
trombettiera (feminine)
trumbettier (alternative)

Bucanetes githagineus
Bucanetes githagineus#Translingual


trumbettier

trumbettier m (plural trumbettieri or trumbettiera, feminine trumbettiera)

trumbettieri (plural)
trumbettiera (plural)
trumbettiera (feminine)


trombettun

trombettuni (plural)
trumbettun (alternative)


taħdit

verbal noun of tħaddet: discourse, speech


ġolf

ġolf m (plural ġolfijiet or ġluf or ġlief or iġilfa, feminine ġolfa)

ġolfijiet (plural)
ġluf (plural)
ġlief (plural)
iġilfa (plural)
ġolfa (feminine)
ġorf (alternative)


mitfa tan-nar

From mitfa (tool noun from verb tefa’) + tan-nar (lit. extinguisher of fire).

fire extinguisher
fire extinguisher#English


daħħiek

daħħiek m (plural daħħikin, feminine daħħieka)

daħħikin (plural)
daħħieka (feminine)
daħħak (alternative)
daħħieq (alternative)
daħħaq (alternative)

inh

Arabic ضَحَّاك (ḍaḥḥāk)

agent noun of daħħak: something or someone that provokes laughter


għilla

mt-noun

għilla f (plural għelejjel, paucal għilliet)


fgħal

fgħali (first-person singular)
fgħalna (first-person singular)
fgħalek (second-person singular)
fgħalkom (second-person singular)
fgħalu (masculine singular third-person)
fgħalha (feminine singular third-person)
fgħalhom (singular third-person)

From Arabic أَفْعَال (ʔafʕāl), plural of فِعْل (fiʕl).

inh

Arabic أَفْعَال (ʔafʕāl)


għajdut

Derived verbal noun of form I verb għad (to say, to tell), itself from form IV Arabic أَعَادَ (ʔaʕāda, “to repeat, say repeatedly”). Compare Arabic عَوْدَات (ʕawdāt), plural of عَوْدَة (ʕawda), derived verbal noun of form I verb عَادَ (ʕāda). For the form compare also għajnuna.

għajdud (alternative)
għajduna (alternative)

L-għajdut kien jasal f’ widnejn Ruth u kienet tikkonvinċi lilha nfisha li l-ġuvintur kollha faċċoli.

The rumor would reach Ruth's ears and she would convince to herself that all the young men are hypocrites.


għajduna

għajduniet (plural)
għajdut (alternative)
għajdud (alternative)

Derived verbal noun of form I verb għad (to say, to tell), itself from form IV Arabic أَعَادَ (ʔaʕāda, “to repeat, say repeatedly”). For the form, compare għajnuna.

Alternative form of għajdut
rumor, hearsay, gossip

Alternative form of għajdut
proverb, saying


raħma

ir-raħma u l-ġenna


tweġġiħ

verbal noun of tweġġaħ: honouring, respecting, esteeming


taqrib

Derived verbal noun of qarreb. Equivalent of Arabic تَقْرِيب (taqrīb).

getting close, bringing near, approaching


gugligonu

gugligoni (plural)
gugilgonu (alternative)


twelid

mt-noun

twelid m (plural twelidiet, feminine twelida)

Derived verbal noun of welled. Cognate of Arabic تَوْلِيد (tawlīd).


Imħammed

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of Mħammed


Magrebin

Magrebin m (plural Magrebini, feminine Magrebina)

Maghrebi (native or inhabitant of Maghreb)


maħafi

Univerbation of ma’ (“with”) + *ħaf (“fear”) + -i, literally “with fear”, *ħaf is possibly the verbal noun of hypothetical form I *ħaf from خَافَ (ḵāfa, “to fear”). Perhaps *ħaf has merged or superseded by ħaf (“to roam”), itself from a metathesis of Arabic حَفِيَ (ḥafiya, “to walk barefoot”). Compare the same in Arabic مَعَ خَوْف (maʕa ḵawf).

inh

Hemm bżonn li meta taqsam it-triq, dan tagħmlu bil-maħafi.

Literally: There is need that when you cross the road, you do it with fear.


mdina

mdejjen (plural)
mdieni (plural)
imdina (alternative also)


ċirkumferenza

Borrowed from Italian circonferenza, probably with influence from English circumference


tagħġib

verbal noun of għaġġeb: the act of amazing, astonishing, surprising


titrif

verbal noun of tarraf:
exposure to danger


tidhir

From Arabic تَظْهِير (taẓhīr, “to be manifest”) or possibly local verbal noun formation of now obsolete *dehher.


diefa

Alternative form: difa


musulew

musulewijiet (plural)
mawsulew (alternative)


Mdini

mt-noun

Mdini m (plural Mdinin, feminine Mdinija)


xenxul

xenxul m (plural xniexel, diminutive xnejxel)

newly-formed bunch (of fruits, such as grapes)


skorfina

Borrowed from Sicilian scrufina /scufina.


skritratt

Blend of skrin (“screen”) + ritratt (“photo”).


qanżħa

Alternative form: qanżuħ


masturbazzjoni

mt-noun

masturbazzjoni f (plural masturbazzjonijiet)


ċippitatu

ċippitati (plural)
ċippitotu (alternative)
ċippitadu (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian accipitotu, a verb-object compound, composed of acchiappa (“to catch”) + tutto (“all”).

it-verb-obj

(figuratively) a person who waddles/moves a lot


bumerin

raqda ta’ bumerin

a very deep sleep (literally, “a sleep of a monk seal”)

daqs bumerin

very soundly (literally, “as much as a monk seal”)

rqadt daqs bumerin ilbieraħ.

I slept like as much as a monk seal yesterday.


mellieħa

mt-noun

mellieħa f (plural mlielaħ, paucal melliħiet)


mellieħ

mellieħ m (plural melliħin, feminine mellieħa)

agent noun of mellaħ: saltmonger, salt seller, salter


Mellieħi

Mellieħi m (plural Melliħin, feminine Melliħija)

/mɛlˈlɪː.ħɪ/

native or inhabitant of Mellieħa (usually male)


dekolonizzazzjoni

dekolonizzazzjoni f (plural dekolonizzazzjonijiet)


industrijalizzazzjoni

industrijalizzazzjoni f (plural industrijalizzazzjonijiet)

Borrowed from Italian industrializzazione.


progressjoni

mt-noun

progressjoni f (plural progressjonijiet)


bettija

bettija f (plural btieti, diminutive btejta)


xorz

shorts (pants worn primarily in the summer that do not go lower than the knees)


zekka

Borrowed from Italian zecca, from Arabic سِكَّة (sikka). Doublet of sikka.

mint (money-producing building or institution)


ovazjoni

ovation (prolonged enthusiastic applause)

(historical, Ancient Rome) ovation (victory ceremony of less importance than a triumph)


sensal

sensal m (plural sensala or snasal, feminine sensala)

sensala (plural)
snasal (plural)
sensala (feminine)


lazz

lazz taż-żarbun


ġenoċida

ġenoċida m or f by sense (plural ġenoċidi)


militarizzazzjoni

militarizzazzjoni f (plural militarizzazzjonijiet)


demilitarizzazzjoni

demilitarizzazzjoni f (plural demilitarizzazzjonijiet)

Borrowed from Italian demilitarizzazione.


maqrar

(Roman Catholicism) confessional (small room where confession is performed)


libien

Conflation of Arabic لُبَان (lubān) and لَهْبَان (lahbān).

lubien (alternative)
lubhien (alternative)
liban (alternative)
lobhien (alternative)


misiħ

From Arabic مَسِيح (masīḥ). Doublet of messija.


messija

Borrowed from Italian messia. Doublet of misiħ.


omiċidju

omiċidji (plural)
umiċidju (alternative)


omiċida

mt-noun

omiċida m or f by sense (plural omiċidi)


infantiċida

infantiċida m or f by sense (plural infantiċidi)

infanticide (person who commits infanticide)


fratriċida

fratriċida m or f by sense (plural fratriċidi)

fratricide (person who commits fratricide)


reġiċida

reġiċida m or f by sense (plural reġiċidi)


wissej

wissej m (plural wissejja or wissejjin, feminine wissejja)

wissejja (plural)
wissejjin (plural)
wissejja (feminine)


twissija

Ma nafx surmast,” beda taparsi jtemtem is-Sur Cassar, “għidt forsi trid tagħtih xi istruzzjonijiet … xi twissija!”

2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:


tisbiħ

Derived verbal noun of sebbaħ (to embellish, to adorn). Cognate with Arabic تصبيح.

verbal noun of sebbaħ: embellishment, adornment, beautification


tisbiħ

Derived verbal noun of sebbaħ (to praise, glorify God). Cognate with Arabic تسبيح.

verbal noun of sebbaħ: praise, glorification (of God)


ħallieq

ħallieq m (plural ħallieqa or ħalliqin, feminine ħallieqa)

ħallieqa (plural)
ħalliqin (plural)
ħallieqa (feminine)

Iżda hu qalilhom: “Ma qrajtux li sa mill-bidu l-Ħallieq għamilhom raġel u mara,

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, San Mattew 19:4:

New International Version translation: “Haven’t you read,”he replied, “that at the beginning the Creator ‘made them male and female,’

agent noun of ħalaq:
creator, inventor, maker


eloġju

Imnalla għajjatlu Fredu u kellu jwaqqaf l-eloġju ta’ nannuh, għax naħseb l-istorja li kien imiss kienet li għandu xi gżira privata.

2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:


skuża

kull skuża
f’soċjetà kkankrata
li ma tridx taf b’mara
sakemm m’hemmx kwota
li ma tridx taf b’mara
sakemm ma tridx tivvota

2023, Keith Borg, magħġuna fit-tbenġil, Ede Books, →ISBN:


ġżira

ġżira f (plural ġżejjer or ġżiriet, diminutive ġżejra)

ġżejjer (plural)
ġżiriet (plural)
ġżejra (diminutive)


widdien

widdien m (plural widdinin or widdiena, feminine widdiena)

widdinin (plural)
widdiena (plural)
widdiena (feminine)


għaża

il-għaża għalik.

a disused Maltese custom where neighbors cooked a meal for a grieving family, who refrained from cooking to avoid worsening the fire of purgatory


fargħun

fargħunijiet (plural)
faragħun (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian faraone. Doublet of fergħun.

Imbagħad Mosè u Aron marru għand il-Fargħun u qalulu: “Hekk jgħid il-Mulej, Alla ta’ Iżrael: ‘Ħalli l-poplu tiegħi jitlaq, u jagħmilli festa fid-deżert.’ ”

c. 2015, Il-Bibbja : il-Kotba Mqaddsa, 5th edition, Valletta: Ghaqda Biblika Maltija, →OCLC, Il-Ktieb tal-Eżodu 5:1:

New International Version translation: Afterward Moses and Aaron went to Pharaoh and said, “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says: ‘Let my people go, so that they may hold a festival to me in the wilderness.’”


xwejjaħ

xwejjaħ m (plural xwejħiet, feminine xwejħa)


ħalif

From Arabic خَلِيف (ḵalīf). Doublet of kalif and kaliff.


għabid

From Arabic عَبِيد (ʕabīd), plural of عَبْد (ʕabd).


baxxar

baxxar m (plural baxxarin, feminine baxxara)

agent noun of baxar and baxxar: announcer, bringer of good news


ħorrieq

ħorrieqa (singulative)
ħorriqiet (paucal)


ħorriq

ħorriqa (singulative)
ħorriqiet (paucal)


qanpiena tal-ħalq

qanpiena tal-ħalq f (plural qniepen tal-ħalq)

Għandi infezzjoni fil-qanpiena ta’ ħalqi.


kukkużejt

From kukku + żejt. The name originated because, in the past, oil was carried in a container on the back to be sold.

qużżużejt (alternative)
qużżażejt (alternative)
ġarrażejt (alternative)


qużżużejt

Alternative form of kukkużejt: riding on someone’s back


żrar

żrara (singulative)
żrajjar (plural)
żrariet (paucal)
żrajra (diminutive)

From Arabic أَزْرَار (ʔazrār), plural of زِرّ (zirr). Compare Moroccan Arabic مزرار (muzrār, “gravel”).

cog

U tela’ għas-sur, wisq imgħaddab,
u kaxkar kull xitla, kull żrara,
u l-bejta dlonk ħataf, ġarr miegħu
bl-għasafar, jaħasra xi ħsara!

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta fis-Sur”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:


ballun baraxx

Calque of English barrage balloon. By surface analysis, ballun + baraxx.


nuċiprisk

nuċipriska (singulative)
nuċipriskiet (paucal)
anċiprisk (alternative)
ċiprisk (alternative)
ċuprisk (alternative)
nuċipersika (alternative obsolete)
nuċiperski (alternative obsolete)

Borrowed from Sicilian nucipèrsicu, now meaning “cypress” in Sicily despite presumably traditionally meaning “nectarine” as it still does in Calabria, or Italian noce persica (“nectarine”).


anċiprisk

anċipriska (singulative)
anċipriskiet (paucal)


ċiprisk

ċipriska (singulative)
ċipriskiet (paucal)


ċuprisk

ċupriska (singulative)
ċupriskiet (paucal)


ċiklist

mt-noun

ċiklist m (plural ċiklisti, feminine ċiklista)

ċiklisti (plural)
ċiklista (feminine)
ċiklista (alternative)


ċiklista

ċiklista m or f by sense (plural ċikliċi)


misilma

misilma f (plural misilmin or (obsolete) misilmiet)

misilmin (plural)
misilmiet (obsolete plural)


ħoss

Niftakar
tal-qniepen il-mota ferrieħa,
u l-Ave Maria ta’ Schubert
taż-żahar il-fwieħa
u l-għafsa ta’ driegħek ma’ driegħi,
u l-ħeġġa ta’ wiċċek ħamrani,
u l-mantar bajdani
jitkaxkar mal-qiegħa
tal-korsija:
id-dija u d-dawl tal-parilja,
il-ħsejjes taż-żwiemel għaddejja,

1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Niftakar”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:


pazjent

pazjent m (plural pazjenti, feminine pazjenta)


paċenzja

Borrowed from Sicilian pacenzia, from Latin patientia.


gorboġ

gorboġ m (plural griebeġ, diminutive grejbeġ)

griebeġ (plural)
grejbeġ (diminutive)
girbeġ (alternative)
gerbeġ (alternative)

/ˈɡɔr.bɔt͡ʃ/

Probably from Berber, Compare Mozabite Berber takerbušt and Wargli Berber tikerbas(t)("doomed room").

sty, pigsty (an enclosure where pigs are kept)

hutch (an enclosure where rabbits are kept)

Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,
wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,
żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,
u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!

1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:

Destroy, kill those vines,
the offspring of the worker’s sweat,
keep the poor man in the hovel alone,
without bread, without light, without peace!

Ngħidlek, jien u l-ħanina
ġewwa l-gorboġ mudlam
henjin daqs re u reġina
ġewwa palazz tar-rħam!

1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Jien u l-Ħanina”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

I tell you, me and my darling
inside the dark hovel
happy as a king and queen
inside a marble palace!


girbeġ

girbeġ m (plural griebeġ, diminutive grejbeġ)

/ˈɡɪr.bɛt͡ʃ/


tnalja

Probably borrowed from Italian tenaglia. Compare Sicilian tinagghia.

Hawn min s’issa qatt ma żbalja,
 Qatt ma miss martell jew tnalja.

ca. 1995, “Ħafna xogħol ma jgħoddx għalina”, performed by Amanda Bugeja:

Here are some who’ve never erred so far,
 And have never touched a hammer or a pair of pincers.


ġejjieni

/d͡ʒɛjˈjɪː.nɪ/


psikologu

psikologu m (plural psikologi or psikoloġi, feminine psikologa)

psikologi (plural)
psikoloġi (plural)
psikologa (feminine)


psikologa

psikologa f (plural psikologi or psikoloġi)

female equivalent of psikologu: female psychologist


ġemmed

mt-verb

ġemmed (imperfect jġemmed, past participle mġemmed, verbal noun tiġmid)

jġemmed (imperfect)
mġemmed (participle past)
tiġmid (noun-from-verb)
ġemmidt (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġemmidt (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ġemmed (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ġemmidna (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ġemmidtu (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ġemmdu (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ġemmidt (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġemmidt (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ġemmdet (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ġemmidna (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ġemmidtu (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ġemmdu (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nġemmed (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ġġemmed (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jġemmed (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nġemmdu (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ġġemmdu (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jġemmdu (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nġemmed (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ġġemmed (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ġġemmed (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nġemmdu (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ġġemmdu (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jġemmdu (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ġemmed (imperative second-person singular)
ġemmdu (imperative plural second-person)
ġemmidtx (first-person masculine perfect singular)
ġemmidtx (masculine perfect second-person singular)
ġemmidx (masculine perfect singular third-person)
ġemmidniex (first-person masculine perfect plural)
ġemmidtux (masculine perfect plural second-person)
ġemmdux (masculine perfect plural third-person)
ġemmidtx (feminine first-person perfect singular)
ġemmidtx (feminine perfect second-person singular)
ġemmditx (feminine perfect singular third-person)
ġemmidniex (feminine first-person perfect plural)
ġemmidtux (feminine perfect plural second-person)
ġemmdux (feminine perfect plural third-person)
nġemmidx (first-person imperfect masculine singular)
ġġemmidx (imperfect masculine second-person singular)
jġemmidx (imperfect masculine singular third-person)
nġemmdux (first-person imperfect masculine plural)
ġġemmdux (imperfect masculine plural second-person)
jġemmdux (imperfect masculine plural third-person)
nġemmidx (feminine first-person imperfect singular)
ġġemmidx (feminine imperfect second-person singular)
ġġemmidx (feminine imperfect singular third-person)
nġemmdux (feminine first-person imperfect plural)
ġġemmdux (feminine imperfect plural second-person)
jġemmdux (feminine imperfect plural third-person)
ġġemmidx (imperative second-person singular)
ġġemmdux (imperative plural second-person)

From Arabic جَمَّدَ (jammada). The contemporary senses follow the semantic development of ġmied (“soot”).

Il-fuklar qadim iġemmed ħafna.

(intransitive) to emit soot, to be sooty

(transitive) to cover (something) in soot

(by extension) to blacken, to give a dark discoloration to

(transitive) to congeal (something), to make thick, viscous


ċaflas

mt-noun

ċaflas m (plural ċaflasin, feminine ċaflasa)


kranjologu

kranjologu m (plural kranjologi, feminine kranjologa)

kranjologi (plural)
kranjologa (feminine)


ħam

ħmiet (plural)
ħamt (feminine)
ħmu (alternative)


appuntament

bl-appuntament


konferenzier

konferenzier m (plural konferenzieri, feminine konferenziera)

konferenzieri (plural)
konferenziera (feminine)


grantork

Borrowed from Italian granturco, variant of granoturco.


fiduċja

vot ta’ fiduċja


ġurament

Borrowed from Sicilian giuramentu and/or Italian giuramento.

ġurament falz


ġuklar

ġuklari (plural)
ġukulier (alternative)
ġuglar (alternative)
ċuqlar (alternative)

jongleur, itinerant minstrel, troubadour


ġurun

ġuruni (plural)
ġirun (alternative)
ġrun (alternative)

Borrowed from Sicilian giruni, variant of ghiruni. Compare with Italian gherone.


osservazzjoni

osservazzjoni f (plural osservazzjonijiet)


osservatur

osservatur m (plural osservaturi, feminine osservatriċi)

osservaturi (plural)
osservatriċi (feminine)


putarga

putargi (plural)
puttarga (alternative)
potarga (alternative)
pitarga (alternative)

Borrowed from Italian pottarga, variant of bottarga.


istennija

Alternative form of stennija, used after the definite article


misrek

(figuratively) drop (a small quantity of liquid)


ħanut tax-xorb

ħanut tax-xorb m (plural ħwienet tax-xorb)

bar (business licensed to sell intoxicating beverages)


ħtrieq

Alternative forms: eħtrieq (eħtriq), aħtrieq (aħtriq)

a scorching wind from North Africa, often carrying sand


kromb

kromba (singulative)
krombiet (paucal)
kronb (alternative)


omorin

omorini (plural)
omarin (alternative)
omerin (alternative)
omurin (alternative)
umurin (alternative)

dejjaqtli l-omorin


sunnara

sunnara f (plural snanar or sniener, paucal sunnariet)

snanar (plural)
sniener (plural)
sunnariet (paucal)
sonnara (alternative)


paċaċu

paċaċu m (plural paċaċi, feminine paċaċa)

paċaċi (plural)
paċaċa (feminine)
paxaxa (alternative)


paċoqq

paċoqq m (plural paċoqqi, feminine paċoqqa)


paċaċċu

paċaċċu m (plural paċaċċi, feminine paċaċċa)


paċoċlu

paċoċlu m (plural paċoċli, feminine paċoċla)


sonża

Borrowed from Sicilian nzunza, from Latin axungia.


merdqux

merdquxa (singulative)
merqtux (alternative colloquial)
meqtux (alternative)
merqux (alternative)


quċċija

Borrowed from Sicilian cuccìa (“Saint Lucy's Day soup”), from Byzantine Greek κουκκία (koukkía, “broad beans”).

der

A ceremony held to celebrate a child's first birthday, during which a basket filled with grain, toys, and other assorted items is presented to the child. The item the child selects is believed to predict their future interests or destiny.


għabur

mt-noun

għabur m (plural għebejjer or għabajjar)


proxxmu

proxxmu m or f by sense (plural proxxmi)

Borrowed from Sicilian pròssimu /pròssumu and/or Italian prossimo


irmidiera

post-consonantal and alternative basic form of rmidiera


ikla

L-ikla t-tajba!


xatrambatra

Borrowed from Sicilian sciatara e matara.

(historical) A long dried gourd traditionally placed in bed by newlyweds, purportedly used to absorb or contain the odor of flatulence.


fiswa

Coordinate term: bassa (“an audible fart”)


boqni

Kemm int ħelu, boqni!

(by extension) A term of endearment for dogs.


Ġunjett

Ġinjett (alternative)
Ġuljett (alternative)


Ktuber

(obsolete) Alternative form of Ottubru: October


għambra

Alternative form of għanbra: singulative of għambar


għanbar

għanbra (singulative)
ambar (alternative)
għambar (alternative)

għanbar griż

għanbar iswed

jet (a form of black coal used in jewellery)


ċe bit-tikka

mt-noun

ċe bit-tikka f (plural ċejiet bit-tikka)

The name of the Latin-script letter Ċ/ċ.


luċilettrika

luċelettrika (alternative)
ċiletra (alternative)


bużżu

sea cucumber, holothuroid (any echinoderm of the class Holothuroidea)


ġuġù

/d͡ʒuˈd͡ʒuː/

Ultimately from French jujube. Compare Sicilian giuggiula and Italian giuggiola.


gallett

galletta (singulative)
galletti (plural)


flus qabd

flus tal-qabd (alternative)
flus fil-qabd (alternative)
flus bil-qabd (alternative)

cash (money in the form of notes/bills and coins)


għepp

yelp (a short, high-pitched cry or bark, especially made by a young puppy before it learns to bark properly)


zalzett

zalzetta (singulative)
zliezet (plural)
zlazet (plural)
zalzetti (plural)


madriperla

madriperli (plural)
madreperla (alternative)

moonwort (any fern of the genus Botrychium)


ribass

rbass (alternative)
rabazz (alternative)

bir-ribass


ruxx

Alternative form: ruġ


ruxx

Borrowed from Italian ruche, from French ruche.


sangisug

Petromyzon marinus
Petromyzon marinus#Translingual

(figuratively) bloodsucker (one who attempts to take as much from others as possible)


ruġ

Alternative form of ruxx: blush, rouge (makeup)


ċattra

Borrowed from Sicilian chiatta, with an intrusive -r-, probably influenced by Italian zattera.


ċaċċiż

ċaċċiżi (plural)
ċaċċiżien (plural)
ċaċċiża (singulative)
ċaċċiżi (plural)
ċaċċiżien (plural)
ċaċċiżiet (paucal)


kumpass

kumpassijiet (plural)
kompass (alternative)

compass, pair of compasses (tool used to draw circles)


lumiċell

Citrus limetta
Citrus limetta#Translingual


istorja

Alternative form of storja, used after the definite article


istejjer

Alternative form of stejjer, used after the definite article


istudenti

Alternative form of studenti, used after the definite article


istonku

Alternative form of stonku, used after the definite article


istorbju

Alternative form of storbju, used after the definite article


istampi

Alternative form of stampi, used after the definite article


korrat

korrata (singulative)
korratiet (paucal)


ħamża

Il-ħamża saret vokali aċċentata fin-nomi verbali uħid, uħida, ikel, ikla, u l’Imperativ, iekol, ieklu, waqt li fis-sitt sura l-alif ixxiebhet u saret t: ittiekel, ittieħed, u hekk saru jixbhu lit-tmien sura (cf. Sutcliffe, p. 134).

1952, J. G. Micallef, “TIBDIL TA' L-ALIF FIL-MALTI”, in Lehen il-Malti, numbers 251-253, page 18:

hamza (Arabic sign representing a glottal stop)


ħanżir l-art

(figuratively) a land animal, especially a pet, that acts gluttonous


fottifesti

fottafesti (alternative)
fottifesta (alternative)


fagozz

fougasse (old-fashioned type of land mine)


ħurħara

ħarħara (alternative)
ħorħara (alternative)

ħurħara tal-mewt

rattle (sound made in the throat whilst breathing when mucus is not fully cleared)


ħurħara tal-mewt

ħarħara tal-mewt (alternative)
ħorħara tal-mewt (alternative)

death rattle (gurgling sound sometimes made by a dying person)


buqqar

Wara kienu joqogħdu jistennew għal ħin twil fil-bieb tad-dar sakemm jiġi t-tabib, biex meta jasal jerfgħulu l-bagalja u jagħmlu l-istess meta jkun sejjer. Il-familji ta’ dari kien ikollhom il-friskatur, il-buqqar tal-ilma, is-sapuna, u x-xuguman li kienu jżommuhom għat-tabib biss.

2017, Toni Mizzi, “Nies li ltqajt magħhom fi tfuliti”, in L-eku tal-banda : festa San Ġużepp, Qala: