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https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/handle/123456789/26229| Title: | Maltese plant names |
| Authors: | Aquilina, J. |
| Keywords: | Maltese language -- Foreign elements -- Arabic Maltese language -- Etymology Plants -- Malta -- Nomenclature Plants -- Etymology -- Names |
| Issue Date: | 1973 |
| Publisher: | University of Malta |
| Citation: | Aquilina, J. (1973). Maltese plant names. Journal of Maltese Studies, 8, 63-92. |
| 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). |
| URI: | https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar//handle/123456789/26229 |
| Appears in Collections: | JMS, Volume 8 JMS, Volume 8 |
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