{
  "date": "2026-10-22",
  "scope": "Follow-up of the original 46 held cases. Restoration requires evidence for the precise sense; contextual or unsuccessful searches are explicitly distinguished from disproof. Original source links remain available. No complete commercial dictionary or book was copied.",
  "summary": {
    "reviewed": 46,
    "restoredCases": 17,
    "restoredRelations": 16,
    "correctedEntries": 1,
    "withheld": 29
  },
  "cases": [
    {
      "id": 1,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "bies",
      "sense": "en-bies-mt-noun-lmQ46JDm",
      "target": "falkun",
      "previousReason": "Bird name was incorrectly attached to a fish sense.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "FishBase lists both names for Dactylopterus volitans. The earlier bird-only interpretation was wrong; add explicit fish senses.",
      "refs": [
        "fish"
      ],
      "q": "Għall-ħuta Dactylopterus volitans; mhux għall-għasfur.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "FishBase: common names of Dactylopterus volitans",
          "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/comnames/1021"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bies"
    },
    {
      "id": 2,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "bies",
      "sense": "en-bies-mt-noun-lmQ46JDm",
      "target": "ħamiema",
      "previousReason": "Dove is not a synonym for a flying gurnard.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "FishBase lists both names for Dactylopterus volitans. The earlier bird-only interpretation was wrong; add explicit fish senses.",
      "refs": [
        "fish"
      ],
      "q": "Għall-ħuta Dactylopterus volitans; mhux għall-għasfur.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "FishBase: common names of Dactylopterus volitans",
          "url": "https://www.fishbase.se/comnames/1021"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/bies"
    },
    {
      "id": 3,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "gellux",
      "sense": "en-gellux-mt-noun-cjOr1-oi",
      "target": "erħa",
      "previousReason": "Calf and heifer differ in age/sex restrictions; not an unqualified synonym.",
      "status": "withheld-scope",
      "note": "The livestock glossary distinguishes a young calf from the female calf. No unqualified equivalence is established.",
      "refs": [
        "cattle"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Martin Morana: Annimali tal-irziezet",
          "url": "https://kliemustorja.com/2021/10/21/annimali-tal-irziezet/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/gellux"
    },
    {
      "id": 4,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "ħafer",
      "sense": "en-ħafer-mt-verb-~WDCWqOX",
      "target": "ħaffer",
      "previousReason": "Dig is not a synonym for condone; keep the separate dig sense unchanged.",
      "status": "withheld-unverified",
      "note": "The imported source attaches ħaffer to condone, but its target documents digging. No independent condone meaning was found.",
      "refs": [],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%A7afer"
    },
    {
      "id": 5,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "ħamiem",
      "sense": "en-ħamiem-mt-noun-vIWEpTjC",
      "target": "beċċun",
      "previousReason": "Baby pigeon is narrower than pigeons/doves; not interchangeable.",
      "status": "withheld-scope",
      "note": "The imported target means a young pigeon. This narrower age meaning does not establish equivalence with pigeons/doves collectively.",
      "refs": [
        "birds"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "BirdLife Malta: Malta Bird Report 2023–2024, species list",
          "url": "https://birdlifemalta.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/MALTA-BIRD-REPORT-2023-2024.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%A7amiem"
    },
    {
      "id": 6,
      "type": "entry",
      "word": "Ħaqq għal-Madonna",
      "previousReason": "The source labels a fixed interjection as a verb and has an unresolved article/preposition spelling. Withheld pending specialist review rather than silently standardizing a fixed expression.",
      "status": "restored-corrected",
      "note": "Published Maltese prose attests ħaqq għall-Madonna as an exclamation. Restore with corrected għall- and interjection classification.",
      "refs": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Omar N’Shea: Illejla Ħierġa b’Xagħri Mxarrab, Aphroconfuso",
          "url": "https://aphroconfuso.mt/omar-nshea-illejla-%C4%A7ier%C4%A1a-bxag%C4%A7ri-mxarrab/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%A6aqq%20g%C4%A7al-Madonna"
    },
    {
      "id": 7,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "kannamiela",
      "sense": "en-kannamiela-mt-noun-MVYApVal",
      "target": "kejn",
      "previousReason": "The target documents humility, not sugar cane; unresolved homograph.",
      "status": "withheld-unverified",
      "note": "The source labels the cane loan Australian. Independent Maltese-Australian attestation of kejn meaning sugar cane was not located. The humility homograph proves neither validity nor invalidity.",
      "refs": [],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kannamiela"
    },
    {
      "id": 8,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "kelb",
      "sense": "en-kelb-mt-noun-OEIADPav",
      "target": "żibel",
      "previousReason": "The target lacks the contemptible-person sense needed for this insult.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "The reporting attests these words as personal abuse. It does not establish the precise cruel-person sense or unrestricted interchangeability of the imported link.",
      "refs": [
        "insults"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "The Shift: analysis of published personal insults (2018)",
          "url": "https://theshiftnews.com/2018/06/01/disinformation-watch-3-how-the-government-manufactured-mark-montebello-story-to-discredit-archbishop/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kelb"
    },
    {
      "id": 9,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "kelb",
      "sense": "en-kelb-mt-noun-OEIADPav",
      "target": "ħmieġ",
      "previousReason": "The target lacks the corresponding personal-insult sense.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "The reporting attests these words as personal abuse. It does not establish the precise cruel-person sense or unrestricted interchangeability of the imported link.",
      "refs": [
        "insults"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "The Shift: analysis of published personal insults (2018)",
          "url": "https://theshiftnews.com/2018/06/01/disinformation-watch-3-how-the-government-manufactured-mark-montebello-story-to-discredit-archbishop/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kelb"
    },
    {
      "id": 10,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "kelb",
      "sense": "en-kelb-mt-noun-OEIADPav",
      "target": "demel",
      "previousReason": "Dung is not an unqualified synonym for a cruel person.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "The reporting attests these words as personal abuse. It does not establish the precise cruel-person sense or unrestricted interchangeability of the imported link.",
      "refs": [
        "insults"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "The Shift: analysis of published personal insults (2018)",
          "url": "https://theshiftnews.com/2018/06/01/disinformation-watch-3-how-the-government-manufactured-mark-montebello-story-to-discredit-archbishop/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kelb"
    },
    {
      "id": 11,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "kok",
      "sense": "en-kok-mt-noun-3aII6aDB",
      "target": "sajjar",
      "previousReason": "Source marks this rare, but the available target is only the verb to cook. Withheld until the occupational noun sense is documented.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "The glossary explicitly records sajjar/a as an occupational noun, citing historical dictionaries. Add that rare noun sense separately from the verb.",
      "refs": [
        "cook"
      ],
      "q": "Nom rari: persuna li ssajjar.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Martin Morana, Kliem u Storja: SAJJAR/A (citing Damma and Vella 1843)",
          "url": "https://kliemustorja.com/s/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kok"
    },
    {
      "id": 12,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "kunjat",
      "sense": "en-kunjat-mt-noun-AcBQV-rq",
      "target": "ħam",
      "previousReason": "Parent-in-law and father-in-law differ in scope.",
      "status": "withheld-scope",
      "note": "The available ħam entry is specifically father-in-law, whereas the imported kunjat gloss says parent-in-law. Independent evidence resolving this broader definition was not located.",
      "refs": [],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kunjat"
    },
    {
      "id": 13,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "kwadru",
      "sense": "en-kwadru-mt-noun-S6Po43Zf",
      "target": "kaxxa",
      "previousReason": "A box and a square are not interchangeable in this unqualified sense.",
      "status": "withheld-unverified",
      "note": "A box can be square, but that does not establish kaxxa as a synonym of the unqualified geometrical square sense. No reliable sense-specific attestation was found.",
      "refs": [],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kwadru"
    },
    {
      "id": 14,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "liba",
      "sense": "en-liba-mt-noun-oeag2mW6",
      "target": "żibel",
      "previousReason": "The target lacks the contemptible-person sense needed for this insult.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "The reporting attests these words as personal abuse. It does not establish the precise cruel-person sense or unrestricted interchangeability of the imported link.",
      "refs": [
        "insults"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "The Shift: analysis of published personal insults (2018)",
          "url": "https://theshiftnews.com/2018/06/01/disinformation-watch-3-how-the-government-manufactured-mark-montebello-story-to-discredit-archbishop/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/liba"
    },
    {
      "id": 15,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "liba",
      "sense": "en-liba-mt-noun-oeag2mW6",
      "target": "ħmieġ",
      "previousReason": "The target lacks the corresponding personal-insult sense.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "The reporting attests these words as personal abuse. It does not establish the precise cruel-person sense or unrestricted interchangeability of the imported link.",
      "refs": [
        "insults"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "The Shift: analysis of published personal insults (2018)",
          "url": "https://theshiftnews.com/2018/06/01/disinformation-watch-3-how-the-government-manufactured-mark-montebello-story-to-discredit-archbishop/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/liba"
    },
    {
      "id": 16,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "liba",
      "sense": "en-liba-mt-noun-oeag2mW6",
      "target": "demel",
      "previousReason": "Dung is not an unqualified synonym for a cruel person.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "The reporting attests these words as personal abuse. It does not establish the precise cruel-person sense or unrestricted interchangeability of the imported link.",
      "refs": [
        "insults"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "The Shift: analysis of published personal insults (2018)",
          "url": "https://theshiftnews.com/2018/06/01/disinformation-watch-3-how-the-government-manufactured-mark-montebello-story-to-discredit-archbishop/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/liba"
    },
    {
      "id": 17,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "mamma",
      "sense": "en-mamma-mt-noun-wmCUxAOe",
      "target": "ma",
      "previousReason": "The target has only negation and pronoun senses in this dataset, not the mother sense. Prevent a misleading homograph jump.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "Hull explicitly discusses il-ma / il-mama for mother in Malta. Add the informal feminine noun ma, separate from negation and pronouns.",
      "refs": [
        "mother"
      ],
      "q": "Nom informali: omm.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Geoffrey Hull: Vicende e caratteristiche del maltese parlato in Egitto",
          "url": "https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/28330/1/Vicende%20e%20caratteristiche%20del%20maltese%20parlato%20in%20Egitto%20%20G.%20Hull..pdf"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mamma"
    },
    {
      "id": 18,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "natka",
      "sense": "en-natka-mt-noun-QrA0Jzq3",
      "target": "tina",
      "previousReason": "The target documents a fig, not buttock; unresolved homograph.",
      "status": "withheld-unverified",
      "note": "The source explicitly gives the buttock meaning, but independent evidence for tina in that meaning was not located. Keep the fig homograph separate; do not declare the slang meaning impossible.",
      "refs": [],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/natka"
    },
    {
      "id": 19,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "pala",
      "sense": "en-pala-mt-noun-KWy0oLd4",
      "target": "keffa",
      "previousReason": "The target documents a hem, scalepan or edge, not the palm; missing target sense.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "The Maltese medicine leaflet uses keffa tal-id anatomically. Add the palm-of-the-hand sense; preserve the pala tal-id construction restriction.",
      "refs": [
        "palm"
      ],
      "q": "Fl-espressjonijiet pala tal-id u keffa tal-id.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "European Medicines Agency: Erelzi product information in Maltese",
          "url": "https://www.ema.europa.eu/mt/documents/product-information/erelzi-epar-product-information_mt.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pala"
    },
    {
      "id": 20,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "pene",
      "sense": "en-pene-mt-noun-9pUtbu9V",
      "target": "xadin",
      "previousReason": "Monkey may have slang uses, but the target has no documented genital sense.",
      "status": "withheld-unverified",
      "note": "The imported synonym list gives a genital euphemism. Independent Maltese attestation of xadin in that sense was not located. The monkey sense alone cannot decide it.",
      "refs": [],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/pene"
    },
    {
      "id": 21,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "qanbra",
      "sense": "en-qanbra-mt-noun-yJFuZeQf",
      "target": "ċuqlajta",
      "previousReason": "The target documents a rattle or chatterbox, not the bird; missing target sense.",
      "status": "withheld-scope",
      "note": "BirdLife identifies ċuqlajta specifically as Woodlark, Lullula arborea. That supports a bird meaning, but not interchangeability with the unqualified lark sense of qanbra.",
      "refs": [
        "birds"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "BirdLife Malta: Malta Bird Report 2023–2024, species list",
          "url": "https://birdlifemalta.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/11/MALTA-BIRD-REPORT-2023-2024.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/qanbra"
    },
    {
      "id": 22,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "qolla",
      "sense": "en-qolla-mt-noun-XjNsw4VA",
      "target": "ġarra",
      "previousReason": "Ordinary jar does not cover the extended any-beehive sense.",
      "status": "withheld-scope",
      "note": "A jar may serve as a clay beehive. The source sense also extends to any beehive; ġarra cannot be assumed to cover that extension. The separate jar sense is unaffected.",
      "refs": [],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/qolla"
    },
    {
      "id": 23,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "sangisug",
      "sense": "en-sangisug-mt-noun-bgkHbiSc",
      "target": "qalfat",
      "previousReason": "The target documents a caulker or vulgar person, not sea lamprey.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "The BUWAĦĦAL entry explicitly identifies qalfat and sangisug as names of Petromyzon marinus. Add qalfat’s fish meaning.",
      "refs": [
        "lamprey"
      ],
      "q": "Għall-ħuta Petromyzon marinus.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Martin Morana, Kliem u Storja: BUWAĦĦAL",
          "url": "https://kliemustorja.com/2023/07/19/il-prefiss-bu-fil-malti/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/sangisug"
    },
    {
      "id": 24,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "tebqa tas-sorm",
      "sense": "en-tebqa_tas-sorm-mt-noun-QrA0Jzq3",
      "target": "tina",
      "previousReason": "The target documents a fig, not buttock; unresolved homograph.",
      "status": "withheld-unverified",
      "note": "The source explicitly gives the buttock meaning, but independent evidence for tina in that meaning was not located. Keep the fig homograph separate; do not declare the slang meaning impossible.",
      "refs": [],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/tebqa%20tas-sorm"
    },
    {
      "id": 25,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "wadab",
      "sense": "en-wadab-mt-noun-ikNy8Q1w",
      "target": "vleġġa",
      "previousReason": "Slingshot and arrow are different objects.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "The WADAB entry explicitly defines the rubber-powered implement as vleġġa / żbandola. The earlier arrow-only interpretation was wrong.",
      "refs": [
        "sling"
      ],
      "q": "Fis-sens ta’ żbandola bil-lastiku; mhux vleġġa li tittajjar.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Martin Morana, Kliem u Storja: WADAB / WADAF",
          "url": "https://kliemustorja.com/w/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/wadab"
    },
    {
      "id": 26,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "ċass",
      "sense": "en-ċass-mt-adj-b9gvKWs3",
      "target": "ġifa",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "withheld-unverified",
      "note": "The original source links abject/lacking personality and coward, across adjective and noun uses. Independent evidence for this precise overlap was not located. A word-class difference alone is not a rejection reason.",
      "refs": [],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%8Bass"
    },
    {
      "id": 27,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "ċe bit-tikka",
      "sense": "en-ċe_bit-tikka-mt-noun-rtizScXr",
      "target": "baħnan",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "Spagnol explicitly explains ċe bit-tikka through baħnan and other words for a fool. Restore in the disparaging personal sense.",
      "refs": [
        "ce",
        "fool"
      ],
      "q": "Bħala tgħajjira għal persuna iblah.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Michael Spagnol: 5 ittri li saru kliem",
          "url": "https://kelmakelma.com/posts/5-ittri-li-saru-kliem/"
        },
        {
          "title": "Michael Spagnol: 10 kelmiet tal-2021",
          "url": "https://kelmakelma.com/posts/10-kelmiet-tal-2021/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%8Be%20bit-tikka"
    },
    {
      "id": 28,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "Eġizzjan",
      "sense": "en-Eġizzjan-mt-noun-oIKJCTP6",
      "target": "Masri",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "The historical glossary discusses Egyptian origin and cotton, including the form Misri. It does not securely attest the exact obsolete Masri nominal-person sense required here.",
      "refs": [
        "masri"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Martin Morana, Kliem u Storja: MASRI",
          "url": "https://kliemustorja.com/m/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/E%C4%A1izzjan"
    },
    {
      "id": 29,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "faqgħa",
      "sense": "en-faqgħa-mt-adj-w0BFwaHb",
      "target": "bomba",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "Spagnol groups faqgħa and bomba as slang praise for something exceptional. Restore only that predicative slang use, not the literal explosive meaning.",
      "refs": [
        "cool"
      ],
      "q": "Slang: għal xi ħaġa eċċellenti; mhux splussiv.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Michael Spagnol: Ten Maltese words that went viral in the 2010s",
          "url": "https://timesofmalta.com/article/ten-maltese-words-that-went-viral-in-the-2010s.760488"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/faqg%C4%A7a"
    },
    {
      "id": 30,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "ġaħan",
      "sense": "en-ġaħan-mt-noun-GGefEOUG",
      "target": "baħnan",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "Spagnol explicitly explains common-noun ġaħan as baħnan / sempliċi. Add the personal noun sense of baħnan.",
      "refs": [
        "fool"
      ],
      "q": "Għal persuna iblah.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Michael Spagnol: 10 kelmiet tal-2021",
          "url": "https://kelmakelma.com/posts/10-kelmiet-tal-2021/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%A1a%C4%A7an"
    },
    {
      "id": 31,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "ġifa",
      "sense": "en-ġifa-mt-noun-tAq5VVnp",
      "target": "ċass",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "withheld-unverified",
      "note": "The original source links abject/lacking personality and coward, across adjective and noun uses. Independent evidence for this precise overlap was not located. A word-class difference alone is not a rejection reason.",
      "refs": [],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%A1ifa"
    },
    {
      "id": 32,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "ħtieġ",
      "sense": "en-ħtieġ-mt-verb--hwRZ4Wt",
      "target": "għand bżonn",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "Historical discussion supports needing and having need, but the imported target għand bżonn lacks the person marking of għandu bżonn. An exact grammatical replacement needs a separate phrase review.",
      "refs": [
        "need"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Il-Malti (1940), Amba / jambi discussion",
          "url": "https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/50186/1/Il-Malti%201940%2016%281%29.PDF"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C4%A7tie%C4%A1"
    },
    {
      "id": 33,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "jambi",
      "sense": "en-jambi-mt-verb-NFtEGun~",
      "target": "għand bżonn",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "Historical discussion treats amba / jambi with restricted negative and usefulness constructions. It does not justify an unrestricted modern need synonym.",
      "refs": [
        "need"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Il-Malti (1940), Amba / jambi discussion",
          "url": "https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/50186/1/Il-Malti%201940%2016%281%29.PDF"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/jambi"
    },
    {
      "id": 34,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "kelb",
      "sense": "en-kelb-mt-noun-OEIADPav",
      "target": "aħdar",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "Published prose uses liba and aħdar of the same abusive person. This corroborates the source’s cruel-person insult sense; restore only as contextual personal abuse.",
      "refs": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "q": "Bħala tgħajjira għal persuna kattiva; mhux fis-sens litterali.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Omar N’Shea: Illejla Ħierġa b’Xagħri Mxarrab, Aphroconfuso",
          "url": "https://aphroconfuso.mt/omar-nshea-illejla-%C4%A7ier%C4%A1a-bxag%C4%A7ri-mxarrab/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kelb"
    },
    {
      "id": 35,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "kważi",
      "sense": "en-kważi-mt-adv-5xSg1DOT",
      "target": "qrib",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "Near and almost can overlap in particular numerical or verbal constructions. Independent evidence for unrestricted substitution in the imported adverb sense was not located.",
      "refs": [],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/kwa%C5%BCi"
    },
    {
      "id": 36,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "la",
      "sense": "en-la-mt-conj-sRJ5VHvE",
      "target": "ħlief",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "withheld-unverified",
      "note": "The imported source labels la meaning except obsolete. Independent historical attestation of that precise meaning was not located; the modern negative/conjunction uses do not settle it.",
      "refs": [
        "grammar"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Akkademja tal-Malti: Tagħrif fuq il-Kitba Maltija, p. 75",
          "url": "https://akkademjatalmalti.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/taghrif_rivedut1.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/la"
    },
    {
      "id": 37,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "le",
      "sense": "en-le-mt-adv-k5Apjz-w",
      "target": "leqq",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "Tagħrif lists both le and leqq as adverbs, so the earlier word-class objection was too strong. This passage alone does not define their precise semantic equivalence.",
      "refs": [
        "grammar"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Akkademja tal-Malti: Tagħrif fuq il-Kitba Maltija, p. 75",
          "url": "https://akkademjatalmalti.org/wp-content/uploads/2015/05/taghrif_rivedut1.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/le"
    },
    {
      "id": 38,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "liba",
      "sense": "en-liba-mt-noun-oeag2mW6",
      "target": "aħdar",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "Published prose uses liba and aħdar of the same abusive person. This corroborates the source’s cruel-person insult sense; restore only as contextual personal abuse.",
      "refs": [
        "literary"
      ],
      "q": "Bħala tgħajjira għal persuna kattiva; mhux fis-sens litterali.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Omar N’Shea: Illejla Ħierġa b’Xagħri Mxarrab, Aphroconfuso",
          "url": "https://aphroconfuso.mt/omar-nshea-illejla-%C4%A7ier%C4%A1a-bxag%C4%A7ri-mxarrab/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/liba"
    },
    {
      "id": 39,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "mbikkem",
      "sense": "en-mbikkem-mt-verb-rTn5CCOe",
      "target": "mutu",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "Falzon gives both mutu and mbikkem under DUMB. Retain only the inability-to-speak meaning; mark mbikkem as a participle rather than an ordinary finite verb.",
      "refs": [
        "mute"
      ],
      "q": "Fis-sens ta’ persuna li ma tistax titkellem; mhux biss sorpriża.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Grazio Falzon: Basic Maltese, English–Maltese vocabulary, DUMB",
          "url": "https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Books/Linguistics/Mega%20linguistics%20pack/Afro-Asiatic/Semitic/Maltese%20Grammar%2C%20Basic%20%28Falzon%29.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mbikkem"
    },
    {
      "id": 40,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "minn moħħ",
      "sense": "en-minn_moħħ-mt-prep_phrase-kNBRv0jd",
      "target": "żnied",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "The glossary attests qalagħha minn żniedu meaning invent a false story. That supports the inflected idiom, not a free substitution of bare żnied for the whole phrase minn moħħ.",
      "refs": [
        "znied"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Martin Morana, Kliem u Storja: ŻNIED, expression",
          "url": "https://kliemustorja.com/z/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/minn%20mo%C4%A7%C4%A7"
    },
    {
      "id": 41,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "mislem",
      "sense": "en-mislem-mt-noun-dz01-nmP",
      "target": "musulman",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "The scholarly article uses Misilmin and Musulmani for the same religious group. Add a separate nominal person meaning to musulman.",
      "refs": [
        "muslim"
      ],
      "q": "Għal persuna li tħaddan l-Iżlam.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Michael Cooperson: Ħarsa ġdida lejn ir-rakkont tal-Ħimjari (Il-Malti, 2014), pp. 43–44",
          "url": "https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/64431/1/%C4%A6arsa%20%C4%A1dida%20lejn%20ir-rakkont.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mislem"
    },
    {
      "id": 42,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "musulman",
      "sense": "en-musulman-mt-adj-ratJk1bp",
      "target": "mislem",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "The article alternates attakk Musulman and attakk Mislem for the same event. Add the adjectival meaning of mislem separately from the person noun.",
      "refs": [
        "muslim"
      ],
      "q": "Bħala aġġettiv: marbut mal-Iżlam.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Michael Cooperson: Ħarsa ġdida lejn ir-rakkont tal-Ħimjari (Il-Malti, 2014), pp. 43–44",
          "url": "https://www.um.edu.mt/library/oar/bitstream/123456789/64431/1/%C4%A6arsa%20%C4%A1dida%20lejn%20ir-rakkont.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/musulman"
    },
    {
      "id": 43,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "mutu",
      "sense": "en-mutu-mt-adj-p6obl5B0",
      "target": "mbikkem",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "restored",
      "note": "Falzon gives both mutu and mbikkem under DUMB. Retain only the inability-to-speak meaning; mark mbikkem as a participle rather than an ordinary finite verb.",
      "refs": [
        "mute"
      ],
      "q": "Fis-sens ta’ persuna li ma tistax titkellem; mhux biss sorpriża.",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Grazio Falzon: Basic Maltese, English–Maltese vocabulary, DUMB",
          "url": "https://theswissbay.ch/pdf/Books/Linguistics/Mega%20linguistics%20pack/Afro-Asiatic/Semitic/Maltese%20Grammar%2C%20Basic%20%28Falzon%29.pdf"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/mutu"
    },
    {
      "id": 44,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "uwijja",
      "sense": "en-uwijja-mt-intj-LBIsAR~s",
      "target": "xorta",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "Published uwijja, mhux xorta attests a discourse expression. Co-occurrence does not establish uwijja as a direct replacement for the adverb xorta.",
      "refs": [
        "uwijja"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "The Malta Independent editorial, 25 August 2018",
          "url": "https://www.independent.com.mt/articles/2018-08-25/newspaper-leader/TMID-Editorial-Shell-of-Shells-Why-we-didn-t-cover-the-Filfla-fireworks-6736195330"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/uwijja"
    },
    {
      "id": 45,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "xiħ",
      "sense": "en-xiħ-mt-noun-Ilod1tUX",
      "target": "anzjan",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "The imported xiħ sense is specifically an obsolete community elder. Evidence for old age or the title The Elder does not establish anzjan as that institutional role.",
      "refs": [],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/xi%C4%A7"
    },
    {
      "id": 46,
      "type": "relation",
      "word": "żnied",
      "sense": "en-żnied-mt-noun-kNBRv0jd",
      "target": "minn moħħ",
      "previousReason": "Target has no attested matching word class in this collection; held for contextual review.",
      "status": "withheld-context",
      "note": "The glossary attests qalagħha minn żniedu meaning invent a false story. That supports the inflected idiom, not a free substitution of bare żnied for the whole phrase minn moħħ.",
      "refs": [
        "znied"
      ],
      "q": "",
      "sources": [
        {
          "title": "Martin Morana, Kliem u Storja: ŻNIED, expression",
          "url": "https://kliemustorja.com/z/"
        }
      ],
      "originalSource": "https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/%C5%BCnied"
    }
  ]
}