English edit

Noun edit

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 edit

Chichewa edit

Etymology edit

From -lota (to dream).

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lóto class 6

  1. dream

French edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Italian lotto.

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

loto m (plural lotos)

  1. lotto

Further reading edit

Italian edit

Etymology 1 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

loto m (plural loti)

  1. lotus
Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

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

Etymology 2 edit

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

Pronunciation edit

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

Noun edit

loto m (plural loti)

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

Further reading edit

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

Latin edit

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

lōtō

  1. dative/ablative singular of lōtus

References edit

Mansaka edit

Etymology edit

From luto, compare Cebuano luto.

Verb edit

loto

  1. to cook

Mauritian Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French auto.

Noun edit

loto

  1. car

References edit

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

Niuean edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

loto

  1. inside; interior

Portuguese edit

Verb edit

loto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lotar

Romanian edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French loto.

Noun edit

loto n (plural lotouri)

  1. lotto

Declension edit

Seychellois Creole edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from French l’auto (the car).

Noun edit

loto

  1. car

References edit

  • 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 edit

 
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una abeja flota encima de un flor de loto

Etymology edit

From Latin lotus.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /ˈloto/ [ˈlo.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification: lo‧to

Noun edit

loto m (plural lotos)

  1. lotus

Derived terms edit

Further reading edit

Sranan Tongo edit

Etymology edit

Borrowed from Dutch lood.

Noun edit

loto

  1. lead (metal)

Tahitian edit

Etymology edit

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

Noun edit

loto

  1. lake

Tokelauan edit

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): [ˈlo.to]
  • Hyphenation: lo‧to

Etymology 1 edit

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

Noun edit

loto

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

Verb edit

loto (plural loloto)

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

Etymology 2 edit

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

Noun edit

loto

  1. lake
  2. pool in a reef

Etymology 3 edit

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

Noun edit

loto

  1. (locative) inside; among

References edit

  • R. Simona, editor (1986) Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 192

Tongan edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

loto

  1. interior
  2. inland
  3. lake

Derived terms edit

Uneapa edit

Etymology edit

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

Pronunciation edit

Noun edit

loto

  1. sore

Further reading edit

  • 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 edit

Pronunciation edit

Verb edit

loto

  1. (stative) to be dry

Conjugation edit

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 edit

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics