loto

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English

Noun

loto

  1. Archaic form of lotto.
    • 1857, Lectures delivered before the Young Men's Christian Association: Volume 12, page 96:
      The President of the High Consistory, Arnold, called the loto a disgraceful impost, by which the State deceived the credulous.

Anagrams

Chichewa

Etymology

From -lota (to dream).

Pronunciation

Noun

lóto class 6

  1. dream

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lotto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /lo.to/, /lɔ.to/
  • Audio:(file)

Noun

loto m (plural lotos)

  1. lotto

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔ.to/
  • Rhymes: -ɔto
  • Hyphenation: lò‧to

Noun

loto m (plural loti)

  1. lotus
Derived terms

Further reading

  • lòto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Etymology 2

From Latin lutum, derived from luō (to wash, cleanse). Doublet of luto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈlo.to/
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Hyphenation: ló‧to

Noun

loto m (plural loti)

  1. (obsolete) mud
    Synonyms: fango, (obsolete) luto
  2. (obsolete) clay
    Synonym: (obsolete) luto

Further reading

  • lóto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

Noun

lōtō

  1. dative/ablative singular of lōtus

References

Mansaka

Etymology

From luto, compare Cebuano luto.

Verb

loto

  1. to cook

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French auto.

Noun

loto

  1. car

References

  • Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Maori roto, Tongan loto).

Noun

loto

  1. inside; interior

Portuguese

Verb

loto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lotar

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French loto.

Noun

loto n (plural lotouri)

  1. lotto

Declension

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

Borrowed from French l’auto (the car).

Noun

loto

  1. car

References

  • Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
  • Seychelles Creole vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

Spanish

Spanish Wikipedia has an article on:
Wikipedia es
una abeja flota encima de un flor de loto

Etymology

From Latin lotus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈloto/
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification: lo‧to

Noun

loto m (plural lotos)

  1. lotus

Derived terms

Further reading

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch lood.

Noun

loto

  1. lead (metal)

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Maori roto, Tongan loto).

Noun

loto

  1. lake

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key):
  • Hyphenation: lo‧to

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *loto. Cognates include Tongan loto and Samoan loto.

Noun

loto

  1. courage
  2. thoughts, wishes (on a certain topic)

Verb

loto (plural loloto)

  1. (transitive) to want; to wish
  2. (transitive) to agree; to concur

Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko and Samoan loto.

Noun

loto

  1. lake
  2. pool in a reef

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko and Samoan loto.

Noun

loto

  1. (locative) inside; among

References

  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 192

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Maori roto, Tahitian loto).

Pronunciation

Noun

loto

  1. interior
  2. inland
  3. lake

Derived terms

Uneapa

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *loto (abscess, boil), possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lətaw (to float, protrude).

Pronunciation

Noun

loto

  1. sore

Further reading

  • Ross, Malcolm D. (2016) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 5, People: body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)

West Makian

Pronunciation

Verb

loto

  1. (stative) to be dry

Conjugation

Conjugation of loto (stative verb)
singular plural
inclusive exclusive
1st person tiloto miloto aloto
2nd person niloto filoto
3rd person inanimate iloto diloto
animate maloto
imperative —, loto —, loto

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours, Pacific linguistics