qanpiena

Maltese

Alternative forms

  • qanpiela (rarer byform)

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian campana, from Late Latin campāna.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʔamˈpɪː.na/

Noun

qanpiena f (plural qniepen, diminutive qnejpna)

  1. (music) bell
    Il-qniepen bdew isejħu lill-fidili għall-quddiesa.
    The bells were summoning the believers to mass.
    • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Niftakar”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:
      Niftakar
      tal-qniepen il-mota ferrieħa,
      u l-Ave Maria ta’ Schubert
      taż-żahar il-fwieħa
      u l-għafsa ta’ driegħek ma’ driegħi,
      u l-ħeġġa ta’ wiċċek ħamrani,
      u l-mantar bajdani
      jitkaxkar mal-qiegħa
      tal-korsija:
      id-dija u d-dawl tal-parilja,
      il-ħsejjes taż-żwiemel għaddejja,
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 1966, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Qanpiena”, in Ejjew Nidħku Ftit Ieħor:
      Il-qanpiena ħarġet tħabbar
      mill-kampnar: Sar ħin it-talb;
      ejjew nies, il-kelma t’Alla
      sa niżirgħu, ħejju l-qalb!”
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
    • 2022 September 9, “Il-luttu għar-Reġina Eliżabetta II se jibqa’ sa sebat ijiem wara l-funeral”, in TVMnews.mt‎[1], archived from the original on 20 February 2025:
      Illum ukoll f’nofsinhar ħin tal-Ingilterra, il-qniepen idoqqu biex isellmu lir-Reġina, f’Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, u Windsor Castle.
      Moreover today at noon British time, the bells will toll to salute the Queen, at Westminster Abbey, St Paul’s Cathedral, and Windsor Castle.

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