dghaisaとは 意味・読み方・使い方

語源

From Maltese dgħajsa (“boat”).

発音

• IPA: /daɪsə/, [daɪ̯sə]
• Homophone: dicer (non-rhotic)

名詞

dghaisa (plural dghaisas)

1. A small boat resembling a gondola, common in Malta.
   • 2011, Gordon W. Stead, A Leaf upon the Sea, page 63:

     Mediterranean peoples are thought to be excitable, but the Maltese stood up to the blitz with great aplomb, especially the dghaisa men who plowed back and forth across the harbours regardless of the raids, the mateys who made the devastated dockyard work, and all who served in units of the armed forces.