gawwi
Maltese
editEtymology
editEventually from Latin gāvia. Predominantly thought to have been inherited through dialectal North African Arabic, where the word is apparently still attested in some areas. If so, possibly transmitted through a Berber language. Compare Tunisian Arabic ڨاوية (gāwya).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editgawwi m (collective, singulative gawwija, paucal gawwijiet)
Derived terms
edit- gawwija baħrija
- gawwija daharha iswed
- gawwija geddumha aħmar
- gawwija griża
- gawwija ħamrana
- gawwija imperjali
- gawwija komuni
- gawwija prima
- gawwija rasha sewda
- gawwija rasha sewda sekonda
- gawwija roża gawwija ta’ geddumha rqiq
- gawwija sekonda
- gawwija tal-Ingilterra
- gawwija tal-pinen bojod
- gawwija tas-siġar
- gawwija ta’ saqajha koħol
- gawwija ta’ tlett iswaba’
- gawwija żgħira