マルタ

Japanese

Etymology 1

From English Malta.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) マルタ [máꜜrùtà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ɾɯ̟ta̠]

Proper noun

マルタ • (Maruta) 

  1. Malta (an archipelago and country in Southern Europe, in the Mediterranean Sea)
  2. Malta (the largest island in the Maltese Archipelago)

See also

Etymology 2

From English Martha.

Pronunciation

  • (Tokyo) マルタ [máꜜrùtà] (Atamadaka – [1])
  • IPA(key): [ma̠ɾɯ̟ta̠]

Proper noun

マルタ • (Maruta) 

  1. Martha

Etymology 3

For pronunciation and definitions of マルタ – see the following entry.
【丸太まるた】
[noun] [from 1633] a log: unsawn lumber (UK) or timber (US), a section of a tree cut to a length and with the bark removed, but otherwise round and unfinished
[noun] [from 1697] synonym of 似鯉 (nigoi, “Hemibarbus barbus”)
[noun] [from ???] the Pacific redfin, Pseudaspius brandtii
[noun] [from circa 1687] (historical, slang) during the Edo period, derogatory term for an unlicensed prostitute dressed as a Buddhist nun as a form of disguise from the authorities (from the way the shaven head looks a bit like a debarked log, and from the way that they both roll around)
[noun] [from 1937] (historical) human test subjects of Unit 731
Alternative spelling
まろた
(This term, マルタ (maruta), is the katakana spelling of the above term.)
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