Definitions and meaning of loto
loto
Noun
loto
- Archaic form of lotto.
Anagrams
Chichewa
Etymology
From -lota (“to dream”).
Pronunciation
Noun
lóto class 6
- dream
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian lotto.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /lo.to/, /lɔ.to/
Noun
loto m (plural lotos)
- 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)
- lotus
Derived terms
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)
- (obsolete) mud
- Synonyms: fango, (obsolete) luto
- (obsolete) clay
- Synonym: (obsolete) luto
Further reading
- lóto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈloː.toː/, [ˈɫ̪oːt̪oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈlo.to/, [ˈlɔːt̪o]
Noun
lōtō
- 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
- to cook
Mauritian Creole
Etymology
From French auto.
Noun
loto
- 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
- inside; interior
Portuguese
Verb
loto
- first-person singular present indicative of lotar
Romanian
Etymology
Borrowed from French loto.
Noun
loto n (plural lotouri)
- lotto
Declension
Seychellois Creole
Etymology
Borrowed from French l’auto (“the car”).
Noun
loto
- 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
Etymology
From Latin lotus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈloto/ [ˈlo.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -oto
- Syllabification: lo‧to
Noun
loto m (plural lotos)
- lotus
Derived terms
Further reading
- “loto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
Sranan Tongo
Etymology
Borrowed from Dutch lood.
Noun
loto
- lead (metal)
Tahitian
Etymology
From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Maori roto, Tongan loto).
Noun
loto
- 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
- courage
- thoughts, wishes (on a certain topic)
Verb
loto (plural loloto)
- (transitive) to want; to wish
- (transitive) to agree; to concur
Etymology 2
From Proto-Polynesian *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko and Samoan loto.
Noun
loto
- lake
- pool in a reef
Etymology 3
From Proto-Polynesian *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko and Samoan loto.
Noun
loto
- (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
Noun
loto
- interior
- inland
- lake
Derived terms
Uneapa
Etymology
From Proto-Oceanic *loto (“abscess, boil”), possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lətaw (“to float, protrude”).
Pronunciation
Noun
loto
- 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
Verb
loto
- (stative) to be dry
Conjugation
References
- Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours[2], Pacific linguistics
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