jota

English

English Wikipedia has an article on:

Jota (music)

Wikipedia

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jota.

Pronunciation

• (UK, US) IPA^(key): /ˈhoʊtə/
• Rhymes: -oʊtə

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

• IPA^(key): (Southern) /xota/,
• IPA^(key): (Northern) /jota/,
  • (Biscayan) IPA^(key):
  • (Gipuzkoan) IPA^(key):
  • (Navarrese) IPA^(key):
  • (Navarro-Lapurdian) IPA^(key):
  • (Souletin) IPA^(key):

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

Catalan Wikipedia has an article on:

jota

Wikipedia ^ca

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic)
• IPA^(key): (Valencian)

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin iota. Doublet of iota.

Noun

jota f (plural jotes)

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

Etymology 2

Uncertain. Perhaps from Arabic شَطْحَة (šaṭḥa).

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, 2024

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, 2024
• “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

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “iota”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):

Noun

jota n or f

1. iota (Greek letter)

Declension

when feminine:

Indeclinable when neuter.

Further reading

• jota in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• jota in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Jota

Wikipedia ^nl

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta). Doublet of jod. 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): /ˈjoː.taː/

• Audio

  (file)

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): /ˈjotɑ/,
• Rhymes: -otɑ
• Syllabification^(key): jo‧ta

Pronoun

jota

1. partitive singular 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): /ˈjoːtɑ/,
• Syllabification^(key): 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

Further reading

• “jota”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Anagrams

• ajot, jaot, ojat

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish jota.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /xɔ.ta/, /ʁɔ.ta/

• Audio

  (file)

Noun

jota m (plural jotas)

1. jota (dance)

Further reading

• “jota”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

Gothic

Romanization

jōta

1. Romanization of 𐌾𐍉𐍄𐌰

Italian

Noun

jota m or f (invariable)

1. (obsolete) Alternative spelling of iota

Anagrams

• jato

Occitan

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

1. (Beta vulgaris L.) beet

Synonyms

• : bledaraba

References

Polish

Polish Wikipedia has an article on:

jota

Wikipedia ^pl

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta), from Phoenician 𐤉 (y‬ /⁠yōd⁠/).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈjɔ.ta/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: jo‧ta

Noun

jota f

1. iota (Greek letter Ι, ι)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish jota, from older xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta, from Latin saltō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxɔ.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔta
• Syllabification: jo‧ta

Noun

jota f

1. jota (Iberian folk dance)

Declension

Further reading

• jota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• jota in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Homophone: Jota
• Hyphenation: jo‧ta

Etymology 1

From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “iota”), from Semitic. Doublet of iota.

Noun

jota m (plural jotas)

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

Coordinate terms

• i, cá/capa

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Spanish jota (“jota”), from earlier xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”), from Latin saltō (“to dance”).

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

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

Related terms

• saltar
• salto

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈxota/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: jo‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (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

Etymology 2

From joto.

Noun

jota f (plural jotas)

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

   Synonym: maricón

   ¡Ay que jota!

   Oh what a fag!

Etymology 3

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:

Jota (música)

Wikipedia ^es

From older xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”), from Latin saltō (“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): /²juːta/

Noun

jota n

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

Usage notes

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

See also

• dugg
• dyft
• piss
• skit
• skvatt
• smack

References

• jota in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• jota in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• jota in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

• ojat

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• hota

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈhota/,
• Hyphenation: jo‧ta

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish jota, the Spanish name of the letter J/j, from Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “iota”).

Noun

jota (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜆ)

1. (historical) The name of the Latin-script letter J/j, in the Abecedario.

   Synonym: (in the Filipino alphabet) dyey

Etymology 2

Unadapted borrowing from Spanish jota, from older xota, from Mozarabic *šáwta (“jump”), from Latin saltō (“to dance”). Doublet of salta.

Noun

jota (Baybayin spelling ᜑᜓᜆ)

1. (music, dance) jota

Further reading

• “jota”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018