loto

See also: Appendix:Variations of "loto"

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

• OOTL, loot, tool

Chichewa

Etymology

From -lota (“to dream”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɽó.to/

Noun

lóto class 6

1. dream

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lotto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo.to/, /lɔ.to/

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Noun

loto m (plural lotos)

1. lotto

Further reading

• “loto”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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

• lotiforme

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

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈloː.toː/, [ˈɫ̪oːt̪oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.to/, [ˈlɔːt̪o]

Noun

lōtō

1. dative/ablative singular of lōtus

References

• loto in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

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

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	loto	lotoul		lotouri	lotourile
genitive-dative	loto	lotoului		lotouri	lotourilor
vocative	lotoule			lotourilor

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

una abeja flota encima de un flor de loto

Etymology

From Latin lotus.

Pronunciation

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

Noun

loto m (plural lotos)

1. lotus

Derived terms

• loto corniculado

 

Further reading

• “loto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

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): [ˈlo.to]
• 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^[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 192

Tongan

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /lo.to/

Noun

loto

1. interior
2. inland
3. lake

Derived terms

• falani loto

Uneapa

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /loto/

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈl̪o.t̪o/

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^[2], Pacific linguistics