joto

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Esperanto

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Greek Alphabet
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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, the letter Ι).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈjoto]
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Hyphenation: jo‧to

Noun

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joto (accusative singular joton, plural jotoj, accusative plural jotojn)

  1. iota

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unknown, maybe from choto; also proposed from jota, Spanish name of letter j, because of mocking, festive aspect of the joker card figure applied to some gay males. Another version is that gay and queer men were held in the J bay of the Lecumberri prison in Mexico City (J is pronounced "jota" in Spanish).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxoto/ [ˈxo.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification: jo‧to

Noun

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joto m (plural jotos)

  1. (vulgar, derogatory, Mexico, Honduras) gay (male homosexual)
  2. (card games) joker
    Synonym: comodín
  3. (card games, by extension) jack

Derived terms

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References

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  1. ^ Carlos Villasana, Angélica Navarrete (2016 January 6) “El palacio negro que inventó a los "jotos"”, in El Universal[1], archived from the original on 2016-06-04:Cada pasillo se reconocía por una letra: [] “J” de las personas que eran consideradas homosexuales o “jotos”—bautizados así por la letra de su crujía—; []

Further reading

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Swahili

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Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

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Noun

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joto (ma class, no plural)

  1. heat, warmth