muntun
Maltese
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Sicilian muntuni, from Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (“wether”). The plural mtaten instead of expected *mnaten seems to imply that the singular was formerly (also) pronounced *muttun.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editmuntun m (plural mtaten)
- ram (male sheep)
- laħam tal-muntun ― mutton
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- Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian
- Maltese terms derived from Sicilian
- Maltese terms derived from Latin
- Maltese terms derived from Gaulish
- Maltese terms derived from Proto-Celtic
- Maltese 2-syllable words
- Maltese terms with IPA pronunciation
- Maltese lemmas
- Maltese nouns
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- Maltese terms with collocations
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