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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic أَخْماج (ʔaḵmāj), plural of خَمَج (ḵamaj, “putrefication, decay”), from خَمَجَ (ḵamaja, “to rot, putrefy”). Compare Tunisian Arabic خْماج (“dirt”).
Pronunciation
Noun
ħmieġ m (collective, singulative ħmieġa, paucal ħmiġijiet)
- dirt
- dung
- corruption