Malalta Low Height Altitude Rank Social Standing Pitch

malalta

Etymology

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Wiktionary:International_Phonetic_Alphabet
  (
  key
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/Appendix:Esperanto_pronunciation
  ): /maˈlalta/
• Hyphenation: ma‧lal‧ta
• Rhymes:
  -alta

Adjective

malalta (accusative singular

1. low
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/low
   (in height or altitude)

   malaltaj montetoj ― low hills

2. short
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/short
   (in stature)
3. low
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/low
   ,
   small
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/small
   (in number or quantity)

   malaltaj prezoj / malalta sumo

   low prices / a small sum of money

4. low
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/low
   (in pitch)
   • Claude Piron, Ili kaptis Elzan, Ĉapitro 11,

     Lia voĉo estis neatendite malalta.

     His voice was unexpectedly low.

5. low
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/low
   (in rank or social standing),
   lowly
   https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/lowly

   malalta oficiro ― a low-ranking officer

   • Kabe (translator), La Faraono (Pharaoh) by Bolesław Prus, Book 1, Chapter 1,

     Malgraǔ sia malalta popola deveno, li okupis gravan postenon en la ŝtato, dank’ al esceptaj kapabloj.

     Despite his lowly origin among the common people, he held an important government position, thanks to his exceptional abilities.

Synonyms

• (short):
  malaltkreska
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malaltkreska#Esperanto
• (low-ranking):
  malaltranga
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malaltranga#Esperanto

Antonyms

• alta
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/alta#Esperanto

Derived terms

• malaltaĵo
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malalta%C4%B5o#Esperanto
  (“valley, lowland”)
• malalte
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malalte#Esperanto
  (“low”)
• malalteco
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malalteco#Esperanto
  (“lowness”)
• malaltejo
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malaltejo#Esperanto
  (“lowland”)
• malalti
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malalti#Esperanto
  (“to be low”)
• malaltigi
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malaltigi#Esperanto
  (“to lower, decrease”)
• malaltiĝi
  https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/malalti%C4%9Di#Esperanto
  (“to fall, drop”)