qanpiena

• qanpiela (rarer byform)

Borrowed from Sicilian campana, from Late Latin campāna.

• IPA^(key): /ʔamˈpɪː.na/

qanpiena f (plural qniepen, diminutive qnejpna)

1. (music) bell

   Il-qniepen bdew isejħu lill-fidili għall-quddiesa.

   The bells were summoning the believers to mass.