"frosta" meaning in Maltese

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "scn",
        "3": "frusta"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sicilian frusta",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "frusta"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian frusta",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "fustis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fustis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "sawt"
      },
      "expansion": "Maltese sawt",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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].",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frosti",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "p": "frosti"
      },
      "expansion": "frosta f (plural frosti)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with 2 entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        },
        {
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Pages with entries",
          "parents": [],
          "source": "w"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whip"
      ],
      "id": "en-frosta-mt-noun-6u7vAXDs",
      "links": [
        [
          "whip",
          "whip"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sawt"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrɔs.ta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frosta"
}

{
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "scn",
        "3": "frusta"
      },
      "expansion": "Borrowed from Sicilian frusta",
      "name": "bor+"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "frusta"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian frusta",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "fustis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin fustis",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "mt",
        "2": "sawt"
      },
      "expansion": "Maltese sawt",
      "name": "m+"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "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].",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "frosti",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "g": "f",
        "p": "frosti"
      },
      "expansion": "frosta f (plural frosti)",
      "name": "mt-noun"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Maltese",
  "lang_code": "mt",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        "Maltese entries with incorrect language header",
        "Maltese feminine nouns",
        "Maltese lemmas",
        "Maltese nouns",
        "Maltese terms borrowed from Italian",
        "Maltese terms borrowed from Sicilian",
        "Maltese terms derived from Italian",
        "Maltese terms derived from Latin",
        "Maltese terms derived from Sicilian",
        "Pages with 2 entries",
        "Pages with entries"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "whip"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "whip",
          "whip"
        ]
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "sawt"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈfrɔs.ta/"
    }
  ],
  "word": "frosta"
}