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Maltese
Etymology
Probably an alteration of żekżek (“to peep, chirp”), from Arabic زَقْزَقَ (zaqzaqa). The change from to the harsher perhaps onomatopoetic for muffled, aggressive speech.
Pronunciation
Verb
zekzek (imperfect jzekzek, past participle mzekzek, verbal noun zekzik)
- to gossip
In-nies biss izekzku fuqha, għaliex jgħiru għaliha.- People only gossip about her because they envy her.
- to hiss
- to twitter
- to utter a number of repeated -sounds to express disapproval
Conjugation