Ww

W twenty seventh letter of the alphabet and twenty first of the consonants

wadab nm (pI udab) sling; (x/ief ghall-qiegh)

fishing line (for deep fishing)

waddab vto fling, to sling, to throw, to hurl;

"flokk fuqu he put on quickly a shirt II nm

(pI -a) slinger

waddaba nm (bla pI) springa, springald wadi nm (pI -ijiet) valley, vale

waga' v to grieve, to ache

wagga' v (nissel ugigh) to inflict, to hurt; (insulta) to mortify, to offend, to afflict; (li/u nnifsu) to hurt oneself

waliam nm (pI walimiet) ionging, earnest, de

sire

walida agg one, a; - walida o'he by one; sabl qabad - he is going out with a girl; eapeaplu - he gave him a blow; gliamel- minn tiegliu he did one of his larkings; x'kull-! I can't believe it!; lia walida he fell; isma' x'kull walida! is it true?; liareg b' - he said something stupid; liargitlu wahda he swore inconsciously; ghamel - tinkiteb he gave big trouble; ghamel - tajba he did a good thing; majihux minn - he cannot hear from one ear

walidi, walidek, walidu agg by myself, single handed, alone; maqtugh ghalih walidu he stays all alone; mhux ta' walidu he is still dependent; baqa' walidu he did not marry

walidanija nf(bla pi) singularity, unity walidieni agg singular, only, unique; (so/itarju)

solitary, retired, lonely

walidiet nmpl units

walihad v to render single

walihal v to stick, to join together, to unite; fib to inculpate, to blame II nm (pI -a) one who joins or unites

walihali agg sticky; clammy; viscous; adhe

sive

waliliar v to be slow, to delay; (dewwem, gebbed) procrastinate, to put off or differ walihari aggtardy late; slow; lingering; back

ward

walihax v to terrify; to excite horror walihaxi aggfearful; dreadful; frightful; grue

some; horrible

walihir nm (bla pI) lateness

waliwali vto utter; (tkellem b'vuCi mahnuqa)

to speak hoarse

waliwih nm f -a (pI -at) hoarseness

walix nm (bla pI) horror; fear; dread; (babaw)

scare crow; bogey man; - il-baqar wild beast; wild ox; donnu - very ugly

waqaf v to stop, to say; (qam) to stand up, to get up; - lil to oppose, to object to; - ma' to help, to assist; -Iu he did not let him act in so a laissez-faire way

waqa' v to fall; - fid-dnub to sin; - fil"genn to grow mad; - f'idejn to faIl into a person's power; - fuq to inherit, to succeed to; - fuq xi liadd to have to recourse to; - glialih to submit; - kobba to fall flat onone's face; marid to faIl sick; il-kliem- fuq we talked about; ix-xogliol - fuqu he made all the work; iI-flus waqgliu fuqu he inherited all the money; jaqa' u jqum he does not care less

waqfa nf(pl -t) stoppage; stop; rest; pause; a

pausing; a halt waqgha nf(pl -t) a faIl; falling

waqqaf v (nieda) to raise, to set up, to erect;

(gab wieqaf) to stop, to arrest II nm (pI -a) a raiser; (dak Ii jghin) a helper; a protector; a prop

waqqa' v to throw down; (ha I-post ta') to

overthrow; - fid-dnub to cause to sin;

waqt nm (pI -iet) time; instant; point; dal-

just now; fil-- in due time; timely; oppor

tunely; il-- the moment

waqwaq v to guggle wara prep, avv behind, after, afterwards; -Ii

after (that) waranijiet a vv backwards, back ward n koll f-a (pI -t) roses, flowers; - il

bena garden balsam; - tal-passjoni passion

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_flower; - tax-xemx sun flower; - u zahar utopia

warda nm (pI ward) rose; - bajda white rose; - demmija red rose; - Maltijalta:i-:iejt Maltese rose; - tal-bukketti Lady bank's ose; tal-girlandi climbing rose; - ta' I-IngliZi monthly rose; - te tea rose; - xandrija French rose; frisk bhal - very fresh; - ta' tifla a very beautiful girl

wardi agg rose coloured; roseate

wardiet npl rosy cheeks

warrab vto make room; to give place; (resaq

min-nofs) to withdraw, to remove oneself; (ressaq fil-genb) to lay aside; (iI-flus) to save warrad v to blossom, to bloom, to flower

warrani agg posterior; hinder; il-- the past;

(parti ta' wara ta' xi haga) the back side; (ta' gakketta, ecc) back (of coat, etc) wasa' v to contain, to hold

wasa' agg ample, large, wide

wasal vto arrive, to reach, to come to; majasalx

s'hemm he won't do that; dakjasal he will do it; ser naslu we are getting on weIl

wasla nf (pI -t) arrival, coming; il-- tal

mohriet the pole of a plough wassa' vto enlarge, to amplify, to dilate

wassal v to convey, to lead, to bring; ma j-x

he will die; (mhux biiiejjed) that is not enough II nm (pI -a) leader, guide; (min iliabbar, ta' I-ahbarijiet) reporter; relater

watar nm (pI utar) catgut; fiddle strings wati aggplain; even; smooth; level

watt nm (pI -s) watt

W.C. nm (pI -s) W.C. (Water Closet)

weuli ara ueuh

webbel v to prompt, to suggest

webbes v to harden, to make hard; - rasu to

grow obstinate or stubborn

weggah vto honour, to venerate; (taglorja /iI)

glorify

weggiegh nm (pI -a) he that mortifieslafflicts weggieh nm (pI -a) he that honours; a glorifier weggha nf(pl -t) pain; an aching

wegglian agg afflicted; grieved; sorrowful;

doleful

weghda nf (pI -i/-t) vow, promise; trid

taglimel - biex it is impossible to; mela

gliarniltxi -? how on earth did you succeed?

weghdi ara weghda; donnu tal-- he is so un

fortunate!

weghied nm (pI -a) promiser weliel v to be joined, stuck

wezwez

we1ila nf (pI -t) a sticking; a delay; a cohe

sion; coherence

wejba nm (pI -iet) Maltese grain and land

measure

wejda nm (pI -t) a pretty little hand

wella v to renounce, to make over, to give up welled v to assist women in childbirth wellieda nf (bla pI) midwife

wemmen v to make one believe

wemmien nm (pI -a) believer

wennes v to escort; to accompany

wennies nm (pI-a) an escort; a companion;

one who, keeps company

wens nm (pI -ijiet) company; escort

wensi agg inhabited; fuIl of people; post - a frequented place; a place of great resort

wera vto show; - haga b'olira to dissimilate; - ruhu to show oneself, to' present oneself; - snienu to be- daring; beda juri the side effects were showing out

were agg squint-eyed

werden v to hum, to grumble; (tkellem minn talit I-ilsien) to mutter, to grumble; (imtela

wirdien) to grow full of beetles

werqa nf(pl-t) leaf, foliage

werraq v to)eaf

werre<': vto make one squint-eyed; - bid-daglia

he really swore

werrej nm (pI -ja) index; (dak /ijun) demon

strator; representer

werrek vto break the thigh; (zappap) to walk

lame

werret v to cause one to inherit

werrex v to slap

werriet nm (pI -a) heir

werwer v to frighten, to stun, to dumb-fold werzaq v to shrill, to whiz, to creak werZieq nm (pI uriezaq) cricket; - ta' binhar

cicada

wer:iieqi agg shrill

wesgha nm (pI -t) an opening, square, wide

ness

wessiegh nm (pI -a) enlarger; widener

wet nm (pI -ijiet) ram

wetqa nf(pl-t) firmness; confirmation wettaq vto fortify, to strengthen; (ikkonferma)

to confirm

wettieq nJl1 (pI -a) fortifier; (minjikkonferma)

confirmer

wettiq nm (pI -iet) (mekkuk tan-newI) bob

bin of the shuttle; spindle

wezwez v to say one's prayers loud up