https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26078 Sun, 12 Apr 2026 23:54:33 GMT 2026-04-12T23:54:33Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26230 Title: Verbs Abstract: In this paper the author has collected a list of Maltese correspondences of Italian verbs grouped under three headings. There are also three examples of conjugated Romance verbs: two of Sicilian origin and another of English origin: Mon, 01 Jan 1973 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26230 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26229 Title: Maltese plant names Abstract: In this study which is based on Guido Lanfranco's book: Field guide to the wild flowers of Malta (1969), the author has classified Maltese wild plants under two headings: those which, even if not traceable to another Arabic dialect, are linguistically Semitic formations, and those that are etymologically easily traceable to Sicilian or Italian. The net result of this comparative study is that one can say that Malta owes the vocabulary of its wild plants to Arabic even if some of them are local formations from existing roots (the larger number) and to Italian or Sicilian (the smaller number). Mon, 01 Jan 1973 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26229 1973-01-01T00:00:00Z https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26228 Title: Maltese etymological glossary Abstract: This glossary is a collection of words of Arabic origin with a few Romance loan-words which are not etymologically straightforward in the sense that they are not etymologically identifiable at first sight as is the case of a large number of words that are obviously common to both Maltese and Arabic. Sat, 01 Jan 1972 00:00:00 GMT https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26228 1972-01-01T00:00:00Z