baxx

Maltese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *gʷem-

Proto-Indo-European *-tis

Proto-Indo-European *gʷémtis

Proto-Hellenic *gʷə́tis

Ancient Greek βάσις (básis)bor.?

Ancient Greek βαθύς (bathús)bor.?

Oscanbor.?

Celticbor.?

Late Latin bassusder.

Sicilian vasciubor.

Maltese baxx

Borrowed from Sicilian vasciu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /baʃ/
• Rhymes: -aʃ

Adjective

baxx (feminine singular baxxa, plural baxxi, comparative (Gozo and Northern) ibxax or abaxx or ibaxx or ibjax)

1. low, down
   • 1970, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Pika”, in Fl-Arena:

     Il-għażla tar-rebbieħ
     kienet tqila bis-sħiħ,
     u Marzu Marzellu
     fetaħ ir-rixtellu,
     u tax-xita fir-raxx
     parpar baxx baxx.

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Related terms

• bassezza (“shallow action”)