bbumbardja

Maltese

Alternative forms

• ibbumbardja (after a consonant, mostly also after a pause)
• bbumbarda, bbombardja, bbombarda (rarer byforms)

Etymology

From a Sicilian *bumbardiari, confluence of bumbiari and bumbardari. Compare older Italian bombardiare.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /(ɪ)b.bumˈbar.dja/

Verb

bbumbardja (imperfect jibbumbardja, past participle bbumbardjat or bumbardjat, verbal noun bbumbardjar or bumbardjar)

1. to bomb, bombard, shell

Conjugation

Conjugation of bbumbardja
		singular				plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person
perfect	m	bbumbardjajt	bbumbardjajt	bbumbardja		bbumbardjajna	bbumbardjajtu	bbumbardjaw
	f			bbumbardjat
imperfect	m	nibbumbardja	tibbumbardja	jibbumbardja		nibbumbardjaw	tibbumbardjaw	jibbumbardjaw
	f			tibbumbardja
imperative			bbumbardja				bbumbardjaw

Related terms

• bbombja
• bomba
• bumbardament