jotta

From Proto-Finnic *jotta, equivalent to jo- +‎ -tta

• IPA^(key): /ˈjotːɑ/, [ˈjo̞t̪ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): jot‧ta

jotta

1. (subordinating) so that, in order that, for the purpose that

   Synonym: että

   Pidä kännykkä päällä, jotta kuulet kun soitan.

   Keep the phone on you so that you'll hear when I call.

2. (dialectal) Synonym of että (“that; conjunction indicating that the subordinate clause is the object of the verb of the main clause”)

• “jotta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-02

From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta).[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈjotːɒ]
• Hyphenation: jot‧ta

jotta

1. iota, jot (a very small, insignificant quantity)

Only used in its accusative form in the set phrase egy jottát sem (“not one iota”):

Ragaszkodnak a szabályokhoz. Egy jottát sem engednek. ― They insist on the rules. They won't give an inch.

• jottányi

• jotta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

From Proto-Finnic *joottadak. Equivalent to joda +‎ -tta.

jotta

1. to give to drink

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “напоить, поить”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎, Petrozavodsk: Periodika