dielja
Maltese
Etymology
From Arabic دَالِيَة (dāliya).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈdɪːl.ja/
Noun
dielja f (plural dwieli)
- vine
- 1949, Anton Buttigieg, “Ir-Riħ u l-Bnazzi”, in Mill-Gallerija ta’ Żgħożiti:
- Ħarbat, mewwet dawk id-dwieli,
wild il-għaraq tal-ħaddiem,
żomm il-fqir ġol-gorboġ waħdu,
u bla ħobż, bla dawl, bla sliem!- Destroy, kill those vines,
the offspring of the worker’s sweat,
keep the poor man in the hovel alone,
without bread, without light, without peace!
- Destroy, kill those vines,