mmakka

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian ammaccare and/or Sicilian ammaccari.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ɪ)mˈmak.ka/

Verb

mmakka (imperfect jimmakka, past participle mmakkat, verbal noun mmakkar)

1. to bruise, to contuse

Conjugation

Conjugation of mmakka
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	mmakkajt	mmakkajt	mmakka		mmakkajna	mmakkajtu	mmakkaw
	f			mmakkat
imperfect	m	nimmakka	timmakka	jimmakka		nimmakkaw	timmakkaw	jimmakkaw
	f			timmakka
imperative			mmakka				mmakkaw

Related terms

• makkatura