temtem

Karao

Noun

temtem

1. freshwater spring

Maltese

Root
t-m-t-m
2 terms

Etymology

From Arabic تَمْتَمَ (tamtama).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɛm.tɛm/

Verb

temtem (imperfect jtemtem, past participle mtemtem, verbal noun temtim)

1. to stutter
   • 2008, Trevor Żahra, Il-Ġenn li Jżommni f’Sikti, Merlin Publishers, →ISBN:

     “Ma nafx surmast,” beda taparsi jtemtem is-Sur Cassar, “għidt forsi trid tagħtih xi istruzzjonijiet … xi twissija!”

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of temtem
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	temtimt	temtimt	temtem		temtimna	temtimtu	temtmu
	f			temtmet
imperfect	m	ntemtem	ttemtem	jtemtem		ntemtmu	ttemtmu	jtemtmu
	f			ttemtem
imperative			temtem				temtmu