ċeppuna

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian cippuna m pl (“shackles”, figuratively “jail”), an augmentative of cippa, attested in the singular in the expression a cippuni (“in shackles, imprisoned”).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /t͡ʃɛpˈpuː.na/

Noun

ċeppuna f (plural ċpiepen, paucal ċeppuniet)

  1. pen, fold, enclosure for animals
  2. (figuratively, archaic) jail
    Synonym: ħabs
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