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Maltese
Etymology
From older Sicilian misseri, from Old Occitan meser. Cognate with French monsieur, obsolete Italian messere. Displaced native Maltese bu.
Pronunciation
Noun
missier m (plural missirijiet or misserijiet, feminine omm)
- father
- Synonym: (obsolete) bu
- (chiefly in the plural) forefather, ancestor
- Synonym: antenat
Dawn id-drawwiet writniehom mingħand missirijietna.- We have inherited these customs from our forefathers.
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