English

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: lōʹtī, IPA^(key): /ˈləʊtaɪ/

Noun

loti

1. 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)

1. The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender.
2. A coin or banknote betokening a value in (ma)loti.

Meronyms

• sente

References

• “‖loti, n.” listed in the Oxford English Dictionary [additions series, 1997]

External links

• Lesotho loti on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• toil

Esperanto

Verb

loti ‎(present lotas, past lotis, future lotos, conditional lotus, volitive lotu)

1. (intransitive) to draw lots

Conjugation

Conjugation of loti present past future singular plural singular plural singular plural tense lotas lotis lotos active participle lotanta lotantaj lotinta lotintaj lotonta lotontaj acc. lotantan lotantajn lotintan lotintajn lotontan lotontajn nominal active participle lotanto lotantoj lotinto lotintoj lotonto lotontoj acc. lotanton lotantojn lotinton lotintojn lotonton lotontojn adverbial active participle lotante lotinte lotonte infinitive loti imperative lotu conditional lotus

Derived terms

• loto ‎(“a lot”)
• lotumi ‎(“to allot”)

See also

• aŭkcio ‎(“auction”)
• loterio ‎(“lottery”)

French

Verb

loti

1. past participle of lotir

Italian

Noun

loti m

1. plural of loto

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

1. nominative plural of lōtus
2. genitive singular of lōtus
3. vocative plural of lōtus

Descendants

• English: loti

Etymology 2

See lōtium ‎(“urine”, second-declension neuter noun).

Noun

lōtī n

1. genitive singular of lōtium