tellerit

Maltese

Alternative forms

• tillarit, tillerit

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian taddarita, tallarita.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /tɛl.lɛˈriː.ta/

Noun

tellerit m (collective, singulative tellerita)

1. Eurasian stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
2. (in the singulative) chatterbox