lotu

See also: Lotu and ľotü

Basque

Etymology

Perhaps from lohi (“body, mud”) +‎ -tu, but the semantics are unclear.

Pronunciation

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• IPA^(key): /lotu/, [lo̞.t̪u]

Verb

lotu ? (imperfect participle lotzen, future participle lotuko, short form lo, verbal noun lotze)

1. to tie, to fasten
2. to join, connect, bind
3. to bind, bandage (wound)
4. to associate, relate to, link to

Further reading

• “lotu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy] (in Basque), Euskaltzaindia [Royal Academy of the Basque Language]
• “lotu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

Fijian

Noun

lotu

1. religion

Descendants

• → Samoan: lotu
  • Samoan Plantation Pidgin: lotu
    • → Tok Pisin: lotu
      • → Rotokas: rotu, lotu

Icelandic

Noun

lotu

1. inflection of lota:
   1. indefinite accusative singular
   2. indefinite dative singular
   3. indefinite genitive singular

Latin

Noun

lōtū

1. ablative singular of lōtus

Lindu

Noun

lotu

1. use

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.tu/
• Rhymes: -ɔtu
• Syllabification: lo‧tu

Noun

lotu m inan

1. genitive singular of lot

Samoan

Etymology

From Fijian lotu.

Noun

lotu

1. a church service
2. a religious sect

See also

• ekalesia
• falesa

Samoan Plantation Pidgin

Etymology

From Fijian lotu (“religion”).

Noun

lotu

1. church

References

• Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎^[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN

Tok Pisin

Etymology

From Samoan Plantation Pidgin lotu, from Fijian lotu (“religion”).

Noun

lotu

1. church
2. religion

Synonyms

• haus lotu
• sios

Derived terms

• haus lotu
• lotuim
• man bilong lotu
• wanlotu

Descendants

• → Rotokas: rotu

References

• Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎^[2], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN

Wallisian

Noun

lotu

1. religion