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Maltese
Etymology
Probably inherited from dialectal Arabic; compare North Levantine Arabic شلف (šalaf, “to throw”). The football sense is a calque of English chip.
Pronunciation
Verb
xellef (imperfect jxellef, past participle mxellef, verbal noun tixlif)
- to chip, to hew off a piece from
- (figuratively) to break (a promise), to compromise (a principle)
- (figuratively) to reduce (a price, wage)
- (soccer) to chip (strike the ball lightly such that it ascends steeply)
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