o

From Latin ō (the name of the letter O).

inh

the name of the letter <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">O</i>

The name of the Latin-script letter O/o.


i

From Latin ī (the name of the letter I).

der

the name of the letter <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">I</i>

The name of the Latin-script letter I/i.; i


di

From Latin dē (the name of the letter D).

the name of the letter <i class="Latn mention" lang="la">D</i>

The name of the Latin-script letter D/d.; dee


a

From Latin ā (the name of the letter A).

The name of the Latin-script letter A/a.; a


judeu

From Latin iūdaeus (“Jew; Judaean”), from Ancient Greek Ἰουδαῖος (Ioudaîos), from Hebrew יהודי (Yehudi).
By surface analysis, Judìa + -eu.


judeu

head

judeu (feminine singular judea, masculine and feminine plural judei)

judea (feminine singular)
judei (feminine masculine plural)


casu

From Latin cāsus, possibly borrowed via Italian caso. Cognate with Italian, Neapolitan, Portuguese, and Spanish caso, Occitan and Catalan cas, Asturian casu.


grecu

[ˈɡr̺ɛː.kʊ̠]

From Latin Graecus, from Ancient Greek Γραικός (Graikós).


radici

From Latin rādīx, rādīcem, possibly borrowed through Italian radice.


russu

From Vulgar Latin *Russus, from the adjective of Russia, a Latinization of the Old East Slavic Русь (Rusĭ). Compare Italian russo.


dizziunariu

→ Maltese: dizzjunarju

Borrowed from Medieval Latin dictiōnārium (“dictionary”), derived from Latin dictiō (“saying, speaking”) + -ārium.


parrata

(linguistics) language; dialect, especially a local variant of the Sicilian language


fonu

Possibly borrowed from Italian fono (“a phone”), imitative of English phone, ultimately Derived from Ancient Greek φωνή (phōnḗ, “sound”). Akin to sonu.

der+

(phonetics) A speech segment that possesses distinct physical or perceptual properties, considered as a physical event without regard to its place in the phonology of a language.


artìculu

Learned borrowing from Latin articulus. Compare the doublet artigghiu. Cognate with Italian articolo.


sillabbazziuni

(linguistics) hyphenation, syllabification (division of a word into syllables)


tudiscu

From Medieval Latin or Late Latin theodiscus, from Proto-Germanic *þiudiskaz. Compare Italian tedesco.


nannu

→ Maltese: nannu

nannu (di) Carnilivari

mòriri lu nannu

Local folkloric figure personification of Carnival, a dummy resembling a devil that is lit up at the end of the festivities.


cugnu

→ Italian: cugno, Cugno

From Latin cuneus. Compare Galician cuño, Portuguese cunho and cunha, Spanish cuño and cuña, Italian cuneo and conio.

Any symbol shaped like a V in some given orientation.

(phonetics) The IPA character ʌ, which denotes an open-mid back unrounded vowel.


cippu

Inherited from Latin cippus. Cognate with Italian ceppo.

Coordinate term: tressu

(typography) the superior of the two wooden beams at the sides of a printing press


macineddu

From màcina + -eddu. Compare Italian macinello and Maltese maċinell.