English

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Noun

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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.

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Chichewa

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Etymology

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From -lota (to dream).

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Noun

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lóto class 6

  1. dream

French

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Italian lotto.

Pronunciation

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

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loto m (plural lotos)

  1. lotto

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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loto m (plural loti)

  1. lotus
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Further reading

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

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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loto m (plural loti)

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

Further reading

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

Latin

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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lōtō

  1. dative/ablative singular of lōtus

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Mansaka

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Etymology

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From luto, compare Cebuano luto.

Verb

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loto

  1. to cook

Mauritian Creole

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Etymology

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From French auto.

Noun

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loto

  1. car

References

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

Niuean

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Etymology

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

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loto

  1. inside; interior

Portuguese

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Verb

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loto

  1. first-person singular present indicative of lotar

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French loto.

Noun

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loto n (plural lotouri)

  1. lotto

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Seychellois Creole

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French l’auto (the car).

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loto

  1. car

References

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  • 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

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una abeja flota encima de un flor de loto

Etymology

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From Latin lotus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

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loto m (plural lotos)

  1. lotus

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Sranan Tongo

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Etymology

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Borrowed from Dutch lood.

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loto

  1. lead (metal)

Tahitian

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Etymology

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

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loto

  1. lake

Tokelauan

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Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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loto

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

Verb

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loto (plural loloto)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

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loto

  1. lake
  2. pool in a reef

Etymology 3

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

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loto

  1. (locative) inside; among

References

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

Tongan

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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loto

  1. interior
  2. inland
  3. lake

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Uneapa

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Etymology

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

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Noun

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loto

  1. sore

Further reading

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  • 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

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Pronunciation

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Verb

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loto

  1. (stative) to be dry

Conjugation

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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

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