lota

From Hindi लोटा (loṭā) / Urdu لوٹا (loṭā). (person who switches loyalties): From the fact that the lota pot has a tendency to fall over and roll around, as it is not stable sitting on its base.

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈləʊtə/
• Rhymes: -əʊtə

lota (plural lotas)

1. (South Asia) A spherical pot, specifically a water pot used for washing and ablution, typically made of brass.
   • 1997, Kiran Nagarkar, Cuckold, HarperCollins, published 2013, page 9:

     She had been standing behind the curtain of coloured glass beads for at least half an hour now, waiting patiently with a silver lota of water.

2. (Pakistani politics) A person who switches loyalties, especially from one political party to another.

• ATOL, Alto, Toal, a lot, alot, alto, alto-, atlo-, talo-, tola

From Proto-Bantu *-dóota.

• IPA^(key): /ˈɽo.ta/

-lota (infinitive kulóta)

1. to dream

• loto (“dream”)

lota

1. land
2. earth; soil

lota f (genitive singular lotu, nominative plural lotur)

1. round (stage or set of events in a game or competition)
2. (tennis) set

• “lota” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

From Middle English lot, from Old English hlot (“portion, choice, decision”), from Proto-Germanic *hlutą.

lota m (genitive singular lota, nominative plural lotaí)

1. lot (plot of land)

   Synonyms: gabháltas, paiste

lota m (genitive singular lota, nominative plural lotaí)

1. Alternative form of lochta (“loft; gallery”)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

lota

1. vocative plural of lot

lota

1. analytic present subjunctive of lot

lota

1. past participle of lot

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “lota”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “lota” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “lota” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

lota

1. to dream

lōta

1. inflection of lōtus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

lōtā

1. ablative feminine singular of lōtus

lota

1. to dream

lota

1. sap (of a plant)

• Rhymes: -ɔtɐ
• Hyphenation: lo‧ta

lota f (plural lotas)

1. fish market

lota

1. inflection of lotar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

lotà

1. soil; earth; ground

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

• IPA^(key): /ˈlota/ [ˈlo.t̪a]
• Rhymes: -ota
• Syllabification: lo‧ta

lota f (plural lotas)

1. burbot

• “lota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014