tellerit

Maltese

Alternative forms

  • tillarit, tillerit

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian taddarita, tallarita.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /tɛl.lɛˈriː.ta/

Noun

tellerit m (collective, singulative tellerita)

  1. Eurasian stone-curlew (Burhinus oedicnemus)
  2. (in the singulative) chatterbox