frosta

See also: Frosta

Esperanto

Etymology

From frosto (“frost”) +‎ -a (“adjective”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): [ˈfrosta]
• Rhymes: -osta
• Hyphenation: fros‧ta

Adjective

frosta (accusative singular frostan, plural frostaj, accusative plural frostajn)

1. frosty
2. freezing

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Sicilian frusta or Italian frusta, both probably from Latin fustis. Sicilian chiefly uses the Arabic borrowing zotta, itself cognate with native Maltese sawt. On the other hand, the Maltese -o- would seem to imply a fairly early borrowing before the phonemicisation of [ʊ].

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈfrɔs.ta/

Noun

frosta f (plural frosti)

1. whip

   Synonym: sawt