lotta
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English
Pronunciation
Contraction
lotta
- (informal) Contraction of lot of.
- A whole lotta people feel the same way I do.
- 1972, Al Green (lyrics and music), “Simply Beautiful”:
- I'm gonna be good to you / There's a whole lotta things / You and I could do
Anagrams
Finnish
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
< Lotta
Noun
lotta
- member of Lotta Svärd
Declension
| Inflection of lotta (Kotus type 10*C/koira, tt-t gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lotta | lotat | ||
| genitive | lotan | lottien | ||
| partitive | lottaa | lottia | ||
| illative | lottaan | lottiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | lotta | lotat | ||
| accusative | nom. | lotta | lotat | |
| gen. | lotan | |||
| genitive | lotan | lottien lottainrare | ||
| partitive | lottaa | lottia | ||
| inessive | lotassa | lotissa | ||
| elative | lotasta | lotista | ||
| illative | lottaan | lottiin | ||
| adessive | lotalla | lotilla | ||
| ablative | lotalta | lotilta | ||
| allative | lotalle | lotille | ||
| essive | lottana | lottina | ||
| translative | lotaksi | lotiksi | ||
| abessive | lotatta | lotitta | ||
| instructive | — | lotin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
Derived terms
compounds
Etymology 2
Adapted to Finnish from French charlotte russe.
Noun
lotta
- charlotte russe (type of dessert)
Declension
| Inflection of lotta (Kotus type 10*C/koira, tt-t gradation) | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | lotta | lotat | ||
| genitive | lotan | lottien | ||
| partitive | lottaa | lottia | ||
| illative | lottaan | lottiin | ||
| singular | plural | |||
| nominative | lotta | lotat | ||
| accusative | nom. | lotta | lotat | |
| gen. | lotan | |||
| genitive | lotan | lottien lottainrare | ||
| partitive | lottaa | lottia | ||
| inessive | lotassa | lotissa | ||
| elative | lotasta | lotista | ||
| illative | lottaan | lottiin | ||
| adessive | lotalla | lotilla | ||
| ablative | lotalta | lotilta | ||
| allative | lotalle | lotille | ||
| essive | lottana | lottina | ||
| translative | lotaksi | lotiksi | ||
| abessive | lotatta | lotitta | ||
| instructive | — | lotin | ||
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | |||
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Further reading
- “lotta”, 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 2023-07-03
Anagrams
Italian
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Inherited from Late Latin lucta, from Latin lūctāre (“to wrestle”). Compare French lutte. By surface analysis, lottare (“to fight”) + -a.
Noun
lotta f (plural lotte)
Further reading
lotta on the Italian Wikipedia.Wikipedia it
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
lotta
Anagrams
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).
Noun
lotta c
- a member of a women's voluntary defense corps, a member (in Finland) of Lotta Svärd
Declension
| Declension of lotta | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Singular | Plural | |||
| Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
| Nominative | lotta | lottan | lottor | lottorna |
| Genitive | lottas | lottans | lottors | lottornas |
Related terms
Etymology 2
From Old Swedish luta, lota, from Old Norse hluta, from Proto-Germanic *hlutōną.
Verb
lotta (present lottar, preterite lottade, supine lottat, imperative lotta)
- to draw lots
- Synonym: dra lott
- Vi lottade om vem som skulle börja
- We drew lots to decide who would go first
- to draw (the winner in a lottery)
Conjugation
Conjugation of lotta (weak)
| Active | Passive | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Infinitive | lotta | lottas | ||
| Supine | lottat | lottats | ||
| Imperative | lotta | — | ||
| Imper. plural1 | lotten | — | ||
| Present | Past | Present | Past | |
| Indicative | lottar | lottade | lottas | lottades |
| Ind. plural1 | lotta | lottade | lottas | lottades |
| Subjunctive2 | lotte | lottade | lottes | lottades |
| Participles | ||||
| Present participle | lottande | |||
| Past participle | lottad | |||
| 1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs. | ||||
Related terms
References
- lotta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- lotta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- lotta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)