bejta

From Arabic بَيْتَة (bayta).

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɛj.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɛjta

bejta f (plural bejtiet)

1. nest
   • 1949-1952, Anton Buttigieg, “Il-Bejta ta’ Dejjem”, in Qasba mar-Riħ, published 1977:

     Qalbi xebgħet bil-bejta
     li dejjem ta’ kull sena
     titwaqqa’ kull ħarifa,
     u kull April tinbena,

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)

2. burrow (of animals)