different between lota vs lotta

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t?/
• Rhymes: -?t?

Contraction

lotta

1. (informal) Contraction of lot of.

Anagrams

• total

Finnish

Etymology

< Lotta

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lotta

1. A member of Lotta Svärd.

Declension

Anagrams

• altot, altto, lotat, talot, tolat, tolta

Italian

Etymology

From Late Latin lucta, from Latin luctor (“to wrestle”). Compare French lutte.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?l?t.ta/

Noun

lotta f (plural lotte)

1. (literally or figuratively) fight, struggle
2. conflict
3. (sports) wrestling

Related terms

• lottare
• lottatore

Verb

lotta

1. third-person singular present of lottare

Further reading

• lotta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^it

Anagrams

• tolta

Swedish

Etymology 1

Noun: The organization Lotta Svärd in Finland formed in 1920, named after the fictional woman Lotta Svärd in Johan Ludvig Runeberg's poem The Tales of Ensign Stål (1848).

Verb: lott +? -a

Noun

lotta c

1. a member of a women's voluntary defense corps, a member (in Finland) of Lotta Svärd

Declension

Related terms

• lottakår

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish luta, lota, from Old Norse hluta, from Proto-Germanic *hlut?n?.

Verb

lotta (present lottar, preterite lottade, supine lottat, imperative lotta)

1. to allot (to distribute by lot), to draw (the winner in a lottery)

Conjugation

Related terms

• lotta fram
• lotta ut
• lotteri
• lottning

Anagrams

• total