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Maltese
Etymology
Borrowed from Sicilian seggia and/or Italian seggio, eventually derived from Latin sedere (“to sit”).
Pronunciation
Noun
siġġu m (plural siġġijiet)
- chair
2018, Antoinette Borg, Amina, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:Ninżel fuq tarf is-siġġu u ngħolli għajnejja ’l fuq bis-slow motion. Il-brimba ta’ fuq moħħha ma tidhirx feroċi daqskemm ħsibt, ejja.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- seat (in a parliament, committee etc.)
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