different between lota vs loti

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

English

Etymology 1

From the Latin l?t?, the nominative plural form of l?tus (“Egyptian lotus flower”, “date-plum”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: l??t?, IPA^(key): /?l??ta?/

Noun

loti

1. plural of lotus

Etymology 2

From the Sotho loti, singular derivation of maloti, mulati (“mountains”); compare Maloti.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: l??ti, lo?o?ti, IPA^(key): /?l??ti/, /?lu?ti/

Noun

loti (plural maloti or lotis)

1. The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender.
2. A coin or banknote betokening a value in (ma)loti.

Meronyms

• sente

References

• “?loti, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [additions series, 1997]

Further reading

• Lesotho loti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -itol, TOIL, toil

Esperanto

Pronunciation

Verb

loti (present lotas, past lotis, future lotos, conditional lotus, volitive lotu)

1. (intransitive) to draw lots

Conjugation

Derived terms

• loto (“a lot”)
• lotumi (“to allot”)

See also

• a?kcio (“auction”)
• loterio (“lottery”)

French

Verb

loti

1. past participle of lotir

Italian

Noun

loti m

1. plural of loto

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?lo?.ti?/, [???o?t?i?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?lo.ti/, [?l??t?i]

Etymology 1

See l?tus (“Nymphaea caerulea”, “Diospyros lotus”, “Ziziphus lotus”, second-declension masculine noun).

Noun

l?t? m

1. nominative plural of l?tus
2. genitive singular of l?tus
3. vocative plural of l?tus

Descendants

• English: loti

Etymology 2

See l?tium (“urine”, second-declension neuter noun).

Noun

l?t? n

1. genitive singular of l?tium

Lithuanian

Etymology

• Compare Polish ?aja? (“to scold”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??o?t??/

Verb

lóti (third-person present tense lója, third-person past tense lójo)

1. (intransitive) to bark

Conjugation

Synonyms

• skalyti

Derived terms

(Nouns)

• lojìmas m

See also

• kaukti, riaumoti, staugti, st?gauti, urgzti

References

Magdalena Peñasco Mixtec

Etymology

Borrowd from Spanish zopilote, from a Nahuan language.

Noun

loti

1. turkey vulture (Cathartes aura)

Derived terms

References

• Aguilar Feria, Martimiana; García Rojas, Vicente; Erickson de Hollenbach, Elena (2017) Diccionario mixteco de Magdalena Peñasco (Sa?an Ñuu Savi) (Serie de vocabularios y diccionarios indígenas “Mariano Silva y Aceves”; 50)?^[1] (in Spanish), Instituto Lingüístico de Verano, A.C., page 246

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

loti

1. (non-standard since 2012) past participle of lyta and lyte