muntun

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Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Sicilian muntuni, from Latin moltō, from Gaulish *multon-, from Proto-Celtic *moltos (wether). The plural mtaten instead of expected *mnaten seems to imply that the singular was formerly (also) pronounced *muttun.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

muntun m (plural mtaten)

  1. ram (male sheep)
    laħam tal-muntunmutton

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