loti

See also: ļoti

English

Etymology 1

From the Latin lōtī, the nominative plural form of lōtus (“Egyptian lotus flower”, “date-plum”).

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lōʹtī, IPA^(key): /ˈləʊtaɪ/

• Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

loti

1. plural of lotus

Etymology 2

From the Sotho loti, singular derivation of maloti, mulati (“mountains”); compare Maloti.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lōʹti, lo͞oʹti, IPA^(key): /ˈləʊti/, /ˈluːti/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• (Received Pronunciation) Rhymes: -əʊti, -uːti

Noun

loti (plural loti or maloti or lotis)

1. The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender.
2. A coin or banknote betokening a value in (ma)loti.

Meronyms

• sente

References

• “loti, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [Third Edition, 2015]

Further reading

• Lesotho loti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• -itol, TOIL, ilot, toil

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈloti/

• Audio 1:

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -oti
• Syllabification: lo‧ti

Verb

loti (present lotas, past lotis, future lotos, conditional lotus, volitive lotu)

1. (intransitive) to draw lots

Conjugation

Conjugation of loti

		present		past		future
		singular	plural	singular	plural	singular	plural
tense		lotas		lotis		lotos
active participle		lotanta	lotantaj	lotinta	lotintaj	lotonta	lotontaj
	acc.	lotantan	lotantajn	lotintan	lotintajn	lotontan	lotontajn
nominal active participle		lotanto	lotantoj	lotinto	lotintoj	lotonto	lotontoj
	acc.	lotanton	lotantojn	lotinton	lotintojn	lotonton	lotontojn
adverbial active participle		lotante		lotinte		lotonte
		infinitive	loti	imperative	lotu	conditional	lotus

Derived terms

• loto (“a lot”)
• lotumi (“to allot”)

See also

• aŭkcio (“auction”)
• loterio (“lottery”)

French

Pronunciation

• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Participle

loti (feminine lotie, masculine plural lotis, feminine plural loties)

1. past participle of lotir

Further reading

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

Italian

Noun

loti m

1. plural of loto

Anagrams

• -lito, lito-

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈɫoː.tiː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈlɔː.ti]

Etymology 1

See lōtus (“Nymphaea nouchali var. caerulea”, “Diospyros lotus”, “Ziziphus lotus”, second-declension masculine noun).

Noun

lōtī m

1. inflection of lōtus:
   1. nominative/vocative plural
   2. genitive singular

Descendants

• English: loti

Etymology 2

See lōtium (“urine”, second-declension neuter noun).

Noun

lōtī n

1. genitive singular of lōtium