bettieħ

== Maltese == === Alternative forms === bettiħ, bittiħ === Etymology === From Arabic بِطِّيخ (biṭṭīḵ). The etymologically more justified (and prescriptively preferred) spelling bettiħ is very rare in practice since the word is treated as belonging to the common measure C-e-CC-ie-C. (The phonemes /iː/ and /ɪː/ are merged before /ħ/ and /ʔ/.) === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /bɛtˈtɪːħ/ Rhymes: -ɪːħ === Noun === bettieħ m (collective, singulative bettieħa, plural btietaħ, paucal bettiħat or bettiħiet) melon, melons bettieħ sajfi ― cantaloupe (literally, “summer melon”) (Gozo, humorous) testicles of a donkey