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Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian cippuna m pl (“shackles”, figuratively “jail”), an augmentative of cippa, attested in the singular in the expression a cippuni (“in shackles, imprisoned”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ċeppuna f (plural ċpiepen, paucal ċeppuniet)
- pen, fold, enclosure for animals
- (figuratively, archaic) jail
- Synonym: ħabs