milgħaqa

Maltese

Etymology

From Arabic مِلْعَقة‎ (milʿaqa). A more etymological spelling would be *milagħqa, because the underlying form is *milgħqa, where a was added before għ to remove the inadmissible consonant cluster (as similarly in mibegħda). The spelling milgħaqa implies an Arabic *مِلْعاقة (*milʿāqa). However, Maltese does not apply the etymological principle strictly and milgħaqa is closer to the native interpretation of the word.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /mɪˈlaːʔa/

Noun

milgħaqa f (plural milgħaqiet)

  1. teaspoon; coffee spoon

Synonyms

See also
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