See also: Tóta and Tota

English

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Etymology

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From a native word for it, perhaps Amharic ጦጣ (ṭoṭa, monkey, ape).

Noun

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tota (plural totas)

  1. A kind of monkey, the grivet or waag.

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A Lallwort.

Noun

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tota f

  1. big sister, sister

Catalan

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Adjective

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tota f sg

  1. feminine singular of tot

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtotɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -otɑ
  • Syllabification(key): to‧ta
  • Hyphenation(key): to‧ta

Pronoun

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tota

  1. (colloquial) partitive singular of toi

Interjection

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tota (colloquial)

  1. space filler or pause during conversation
    Synonyms: tuota, öö

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Franco-Provençal

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Adjective

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tota

  1. feminine singular of tot

Icelandic

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Pronunciation

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Noun

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tota f (genitive singular totu, nominative plural totur)

  1. flap of skin; lappet
    Synonym: sepi

Declension

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Declension of tota (feminine)
singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tota totan totur toturnar
accusative totu totuna totur toturnar
dative totu totunni totum totunum
genitive totu totunnar tota, totna totanna, totnanna

Etymology

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Borrowed from English total, French total, German total, Spanish total, Portuguese total, Italian totale, Russian тотальный (totalʹnyj), all ultimately from Latin totalis.

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Adjective

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tota

  1. whole, entire

Derived terms

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  • entote (ensemble, altogether, on the whole, in all, in a body, bodily, overall, adverb)
  • totala (total, adjective)
  • totale (totally, adverb)
  • tote (entirely, perfectly, thoroughly, adverb)

Latin

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Adjective

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tōta

  1. inflection of tōtus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

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tōtā

  1. ablative feminine singular of tōtus

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronoun

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tota (Cyrillic spelling тота)

  1. (Kajkavian) this (one)
    Synonym: ta

Swedish

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Etymology

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Unknown. Likely onomatopoeic, after the sounds an infant produces before learning to speak properly.

Verb

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tota (present totar, preterite totade, supine totat, imperative tota)

  1. try to fix, have a shot at

Usage notes

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Most commonly together with the prepositions ihop or till.

Conjugation

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Conjugation of tota (weak)
active passive
infinitive tota totas
supine totat totats
imperative tota
imper. plural1 toten
present past present past
indicative totar totade totas totades
ind. plural1 tota totade totas totades
subjunctive2 tote totade totes totades
present participle totande
past participle

1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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Tokelauan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *te-o-ta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈto.ta]
  • Hyphenation: to‧ta

Determiner

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tota

  1. (inalienable, definite) my

Usage notes

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  • tota is commonly used in place of toku to arouse the listener’s sympathy about some predicament that one is in.

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Tokelauan possessive determiners
Definite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. toku, tota1 to māua to to mātou oku, ota1 o māua o o mātou
incl. to tāua to to tātou o tāua o o tātou
2nd person toulua toutou ō oulua outou
3rd person tona to lāua to to lātou ona o lāua o o lātou
Definite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. taku, tata1 ta māua ta ta mātou aku, ata1 a māua a a mātou
incl. ta tāua ta ta tātou a tāua a a tātou
2nd person tau taulua tautou au aulua autou
3rd person tana ta lāua ta ta lātou ana a lāua a a lātou
Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. hoku, hota1 ho māua ho ho mātou ni oku,
ni ota1
ni o māua ni o ni o mātou
incl. ho tāua ho ho tātou ni o tāua ni o ni o tātou
2nd person houlua houtou ni ō ni oulua ni outou
3rd person hona ho lāua ho ho lātou ni ona ni o lāua ni o ni o lātou
Indefinite alienable (A-type)
singular reference plural reference
sg du pl sg du pl
long short long short
1st person excl. haku, hata1 ha māua ha ha mātou ni aku,
ni ata1
ni a māua ni a ni a mātou
incl. ha tāua ha ha tātou ni a tāua ni a ni a tātou
2nd person hau haulua hautou ni au ni aulua ni autou
3rd person hana ha lāua ha ha lātou ni ana ni a lāua ni a ni a lātou

1) Sympathetic

References

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 398