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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic عَلَّى (ʕallā, “to raise”). The sense “raise the price of” was transferred from għalla, from the originally unrelated Arabic غَلَّى (ḡallā).
Pronunciation
Verb
għolla (imperfect jgħolli, past participle mgħolli)
- to raise; to lift (move something to a higher position)
- Synonym: tella’
- to raise (an amount, rate, tax, etc.)
- to raise the price of; to make something more expensive
- Synonym: (dated) għalla
- Antonym: raħħas
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