This is not a word that can be found in standard Tagalog dictionary.
It could be short for the name “Marites” or a slang formation of the word mare.
Mama Marits
= Mama Marites
Aling Marits, Ate Marits
Nasaan ka na, marits?
It is also a transliteration into Tagalog of the Taglish formation “ma-reach.”
Hindi ko ma-reach ‘yan.
I can’t reach that.
Di ko marits yan.
= Hindi ko maabot ‘yan.
