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Maltese
Pronunciation
Verb
twal (imperfect jitwal, past participle mutwal)
- to become long, tall
Conjugation
Adjective
twal
- plural of twil
Scots
Etymology
Inherited from Middle Scots twelf, from Early Scots twelf, from Middle English twelve, from Old English twelf, from Proto-Germanic *twalif.
Numeral
twal
- twelve
References
- “twal, num. adj., n.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 11 June 2024, reproduced from W Grant and D D. Murison, editors, The Scottish National Dictionary, Edinburgh: Scottish National Dictionary Association, 1931–1976, →OCLC.
- “twelf, num.”, in The Dictionary of the Scots Language, Edinburgh: Scottish Language Dictionaries, 2004–present, →OCLC, retrieved 11 June 2024, reproduced from William A Craigie, A J Aitken , editors, A Dictionary of the Older Scottish Tongue: , Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, 1931–2002, →OCLC.