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English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jota.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /?ho?t?/

Noun

jota (plural jotas)

1. A traditional popular dance of the Iberian peninsula with regional variations.
2. The music to which this dance is set, normally of 3/4 or 6/8 time.

Translations

Anagrams

• JATO, jato

Basque

Pronunciation

• (Biscayan) IPA^(key): [d??o.ta]
• (Gipuzkoan) IPA^(key): [xo.ta]
• (Navarrese) IPA^(key): [jo.ta]
• (Navarro-Lapurdian) IPA^(key): [?o.ta]
• (Souletin) IPA^(key): [?o.ta]

Noun

jota inan

1. The name of the Latin-script letter J.

Declension

See also

• (Latin-script letter names) a, be, ze, de, e, efe, ge, hatxe, i, jota, ka, ele, eme, ene, eñe, o, pe, ku, erre, ese, te, u, uve, uve bikoitz, ixa, i greko, zeta

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin iota.

Noun

jota f (plural jotes)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter J.

Etymology 2

Of uncertain origin. Perhaps from Arabic ???????? (ša??a).

Noun

jota f (plural jotes)

1. jota (Iberian folk dance)
2. jota (music to which a jota is danced)

Hyponyms

• mateixa

References

• “jota” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.

Further reading

• “jota” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “jota” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “jota” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “jota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta, “iota”).

Noun

jota n

1. iota (Greek letter)

Further reading

• jota in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• jota in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta). The sense "small amount" developed in reference to a phrase in the New Testament: Eer de hemel en aarde vergaat, zal er niet één jota of één tittel vergaan van de wet.— until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law (Mt 5:18), iota being the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jo?.ta?/

Noun

jota f (plural jota's, diminutive jotaatje n)

1. iota (Greek letter)
2. (negative polarity item) iota (small amount)

   Ik snap er geen jota van.

   I don’t understand a thing of it.

Synonyms

• (small amount): snars, (vulgar) bal, reet, hol

Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jot?/, [?jo?t??]
• Rhymes: -ot?
• Syllabification: jo?ta

Pronoun

jota

1. Partitive singular form of joka; who, whom, which, that.

   Nainen, jota en näe,...

   The woman (who/that) I don't see...

   Nainen, jota varten ostin kukkia,...

   The woman for whom I bought flowers... / The woman (that/who) I bought flowers for...

Etymology 2

See ioota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?jo?t?/, [?jo??t??]
• Syllabification: jo?ta

Noun

jota

1. iota (ninth letter in Greek alphabet)

Usage notes

The recommended Finnish spelling for the name of this letter is ioota.

Declension

Alternative forms

• ioota

Anagrams

• ajot, jaot, ojat

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /x?.ta/, /??.ta/

Noun

jota m (plural jotas)

1. jota (dance)

Further reading

• “jota” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Gothic

Romanization

j?ta

1. Romanization of ????????????????

Italian

Noun

jota m or f (invariable)

1. Obsolete spelling of iota

Occitan

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

1. (Beta vulgaris L.) beet

Synonyms

• [1]: bledaraba

References

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?j?.ta/ (iota)
• IPA^(key): /?x?.ta/ (jota)

Etymology 1

From Ancient Greek ???? (iôta), from Phoenician ?????? (y? /y?d/).

Noun

jota f

1. iota (Greek letter)

Etymology 2

From Spanish jota, from older xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta, from Latin salt?.

Noun

jota f

1. jota (Iberian folk dance)

Declension

Further reading

• jota in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
• jota in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Carioca) IPA^(key): /???t?/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /???ta/
• Homophone: Jota

Etymology 1

From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ???? (iôta, “iota”), from Semitic.

Noun

jota m (plural jotas)

1. The name of the Latin-script letter J.

Coordinate terms

• i, cá/capa

Related terms

• iota

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish jota (“jota”), from earlier xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”), from Latin salt? (“I dance”).

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

1. jota (dance)
2. jota (music)

Related terms

• saltar
• salto

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?xota/, [?xo.t?a]

Etymology 1

From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ???? (iôta, “iota”).

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

1. jot; iota
2. The name of the Latin-script letter J.
3. a jack in a deck of cards

Derived terms

• ni jota (“nothing at all”)

Etymology 2

From joto.

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

1. (Mexico, derogatory, vulgar) Alternative form of joto (“faggot”)

   Synonym: maricón

Etymology 3

From older xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”), from Latin salt? (“to dance”). Doublet of salta.

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

1. jota (Iberian folk dance)
2. jota (music to which a jota is danced)

Descendants

• ? English: jota

Further reading

• “jota” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.

Swedish

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ju?ta/

Noun

jota n

1. (negative polarity item) iota (small amount)

Usage notes

Almost exclusively used in the expression inte ett jota (“not the slightest, not at all, nothing”).

Anagrams

• ojat

English

Etymology

From Hindi ???? (lo??).(person who switches loyalties): From the fact that the lota pot has a tendency to fall over and roll around, as it is not stable sitting on its base.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?l??t?/

Noun

lota (plural lotas)

1. (South Asia) A spherical pot, specifically a water pot used for washing and ablution, typically made of brass.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins 2013, p. 9:

     She had been standing behind the curtain of coloured glass beads for at least half an hour now, waiting patiently with a silver lota of water.

2. (colloquial, Pakistan) A person who switches loyalties, especially from one political party to another.

Translations

Anagrams

• ATOL, Alto, Toal, a lot, alot, alto, alto-, atlo-, talo-, tola

Chichewa

Etymology

From Proto-Bantu *-dóota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??o.ta/

Verb

-lota (infinitive kulóta)

1. to dream

Derived terms

• loto (“dream”)

Irish

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

lota m (genitive singular lota, nominative plural lotaí)

1. lot (plot of land)

   Synonyms: gabháltas, paiste

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

lota m (genitive singular lota, nominative plural lotaí)

1. Alternative form of lochta (“loft; gallery”)

Declension

Further reading

• "lota" in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, An Gúm, 1977, by Niall Ó Dónaill.
• Entries containing “lota” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “lota” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Latin

Participle

l?ta

1. nominative feminine singular of l?tus
2. nominative neuter plural of l?tus
3. accusative neuter plural of l?tus
4. vocative feminine singular of l?tus
5. vocative neuter plural of l?tus

Participle

l?t?

1. ablative feminine singular of l?tus

Lubuagan Kalinga

Noun

lota

1. sap (of a plant)

Portuguese

Verb

lota

1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of lotar
2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of lotar

Sambali

Noun

lotà

1. soil; earth; ground