loto

See also: Appendix:Variations of "loto"

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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

Bangi

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *-dóot.

Verb

loto

1. to dream

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

Inherited from Latin lutum, derived from luō (“to wash, cleanse”). Doublet of luto.

Alternative forms

• luto (borrowed)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈlo.to/
• Rhymes: -oto
• Hyphenation: ló‧to

Noun

loto m (plural loti) (archaic, literary)

1. mud

   Synonyms: fango, melma

2. clay

   Synonyms: argilla, creta

Further reading

• lóto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin

Pronunciation

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

Noun

lōtō

1. dative/ablative singular of lōtus

References

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

Lingala

Etymology

Borrowed from Bangi loto.

Verb

loto

1. to dream

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), Diksiyoner kreol morisyeṅ [Mauritian Creole Dictionary] (in French and English), Paris: L'Harmattan, →ISBN

Niuean

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto, from Proto-Oceanic *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko, Māori roto and Tongan loto.

Noun

loto

1. inside; interior

Portuguese

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin lōtus, from Ancient Greek λωτός (lōtós).

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.tu/

• Hyphenation: lo‧to

Noun

loto m (plural lotos)

1. (botany) lotus

   Synonym: lótus

Related terms

• lotófago

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Italian lotto.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlo.tu/

• Hyphenation: lo‧to

Noun

loto m (plural lotos)

1. (games) lotto

   Synonym: quino

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.tu/

• Hyphenation: lo‧to

Verb

loto

1. first-person singular present indicative of lotar

Further reading

• “loto”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “loto”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

• D'Offay, Danielle; Lionnet, Guy (1982), Diksyonner kreol-franse [Creole-French Dictionary] (in French), Hamburg: Buske, →ISBN
• 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 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom

Gaulish *loudonbor.?

Proto-West Germanic *laud

Old Dutch *lōt

Middle Dutch lôot

Dutch loodbor.

Sranan Tongo loto

Borrowed from Dutch lood, from Middle Dutch lôot, from Old Dutch *lōt, from Proto-West Germanic *laud, possibly borrowed from Gaulish *loudon, from Proto-Celtic *ɸloudom (“lead”).

Noun

loto

1. lead (metal)

Tahitian

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko, Māori roto and Tongan loto.

Noun

loto

1. lake

Tokelauan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈlo.to]
• Hyphenation: lo‧to

Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko, Samoan loto and Tongan 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, Māori roto and Samoan loto.

Noun

loto

1. lake
2. pool in a reef

Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *loto, from Proto-Oceanic *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko, Māori roto 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, from Proto-Oceanic *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko, Māori roto and 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

• M. Ross, A. Pawley, M. Osmond, editors (2016), The Lexicon of Proto-Oceanic‎^[2], volumes 5: People: Body and Mind, Australian National University, →ISBN

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^[3], Pacific linguistics