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Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic طَوِيل (ṭawīl).
Pronunciation
Adjective
twil (feminine singular twila, plural twal, diminutive twajjel, comparative itwal)
- long; tall
- F’din il-foresta hemm ħafna siġar twal. ― In this forest there are a lot of tall trees.
2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:Jien, li fl-imħabba kelli biss sensiela twila ta’ diżappunti; jien li kont bdejt nemmen li qatt mhu se nsib lil min iħobbni, issa kont ħassejt li f’salt wieħed seħħ miraklu. Kont skirt bl-imħabba.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
1970, Anton Buttigieg, “It-Tallab”, in Fl-Arena:Wara l-bibien,
fit-tul tat-toroq twal,
batejt
il-għeja
il-qtigħ ta’ qalb,
batejt fuq kollox il-mistħija;
iżda ġarrabt ukoll
il-ferħ u l-għaxqa
li kull tallab iħoss
x’ħin jasal wisq għajjien bil-ħorġa f’idu
bil-ħobż għand ommu mġewħa.- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- long (in time)
- Int kellek id-dijabete għal żmien twil. ― You have had diabetes for a long time.