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loti
loti
See also: ļoti
English
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lōʹtī, IPA(key): /ˈləʊtaɪ/
Noun
loti
- 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/
Noun
loti (plural maloti or lotis)
- The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender.
- A coin or banknote betokening a value in (ma)loti.
Meronyms
References
- “‖loti, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [additions series, 1997]
External links
- Lesotho loti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
Esperanto
Verb
loti (present lotas, past lotis, future lotos, conditional lotus, volitive lotu)
- (intransitive) to draw lots
Conjugation
Conjugation of loti
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Derived terms
See also
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈloː.tiː/, [ˈɫoː.tiː]
Etymology 1
See lōtus (“Nymphaea caerulea”, “Diospyros lotus”, “Ziziphus lotus”, second-declension masculine noun).
Noun
lōtī m
Descendants
- English: loti
Etymology 2
See lōtium (“urine”, second-declension neuter noun).
Noun
lōtī n
- genitive singular of lōtium