The mystery of Dr. Rota's name.

If I had to guess, I would say his name is a pun on "rotor". Approximated to Japanese, "rotor" is ローター (rōtā). Dunno why they would make his name a pun on "rotor", though.

Definitely a shitty character.

Looking more into it, his name is probably a pun on "rotavirus". It's a disease that causes diarrhea. It's very common in pigs. Dr. Rota is a boar or warthog, so it's safe to say this is the meaning of his name.

Rotar like rotisserie.

Also he looks like a teacher. Teachers have a rota.

You're generally way too overconfident. Rotavirus is in more than just pigs. There's no "safe to say".

"Rotisserie" isn't approximated to Japanese as anything with "rota" in it.

Admittedly, I just got "rotavirus" from some guy on Kanzenshuu, but see the bolded:

Rotaviruses infect the young of many species of animals and they are a major cause of diarrhoea in wild and reared animals worldwide.[8] As a pathogen of livestock, notably in young calves and piglets, rotaviruses cause economic loss to farmers because of costs of treatment associated with high morbidity and mortality rates

It notably affects piglets. Dr. Rota is a pig, so it's plausible. But if it's not a pun on rotavirus, he could just be named after the Latin term "rota", which is what "rotor, "rotate", "rotavirus", etc comes from.

@Warmmedown "way too confident" lol I'm pretty much always correct. Remember when you ran off after I proved to you what "Potara" meant, fuck outta here: https://dbzeta.net/threads/the-meaning-of-potara-potala.27505/

"ran off" lmao. I didn't look at that shit and never disagreed that it was that mountain (not that I agree either. I have no idea). I was just saying that the guy's in-depth article was better than your baseless conjecture.

Sure, it's "plausible" that was the inspo and I have zero problem with that. It's not "safe to say". "Safe to say" is overconfident here, like other times you believe something plausible is definitely true (eg your crap about the Spanish and French).
Common diseases in pigs - there are so many, so there's no way to be confident AT would think of rotavirus (ロタウイルス) when choosing a pig's name https://www.business.qld.gov.au/ind...animal/industries/pigs/health/prevent/control
Likewise if I google "common pig pathogens", I don't see rotavirus. Only about 10-15% of diarrhoea in pigs is caused by rotavirus. So if AT was looking up common diseases or pathogens of pigs, rotavirus could easily not be one that he sees.

Japan has a high rate of rotavirus vaccination in humans (as do some Anglosphere countries), but even then it's possible to never link it to pigs. I'm not looking at Japanese news that AT would look at, but in English the news about the virus usually doesn't mention pigs at all, and only focuses on humans (particularly human babies).
It's possible he thought of rotavirus when thinking of pigs, but it's entirely possible he would never think of it.

Rotisserie isn't Japanese, but you know AT takes inspiration from English eg kakarott, raditz, freeza. Rotisserie is loaned to Japanese, just as briefs or panties is https://ja.wikipedia.org/wiki/ロティサリー
looking at it's tail, there's a pig here that's possibly rotisseried:

Warmmedown said:

"ran off" lmao. I didn't look at that shit and never disagreed that it was that mountain (not that I agree either. I have no idea). I was just saying that the guy's in-depth article was better than your baseless conjecture.

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Nothing I posted was baseless conjecture and I posted a source proving I was right, at which point you ran off.

Warmmedown said:

Rotisserie isn't Japanese, but you know AT takes inspiration from English eg kakarott, raditz, freeza. Rotisserie is loaned to Japanese, just as briefs or panties

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"Rotisserie" doesn't turn into anything like "Rota" when approximated to Japanese. Have a seat