# loto
## English
### Noun

loto
* 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

## Chichewa
### Etymology

From -lota (“to dream”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈɽó.to/

### Noun

lóto class 6
* dream

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian lotto.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lo.to/, /lɔ.to/
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

loto m (plural lotos)
* 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: /ˈlɔ.to/
* Rhymes: -ɔto
* Hyphenation: lò‧to

#### Noun

loto m (plural loti)
* lotus

##### Derived terms

* lotiforme

#### Further reading

* lòto in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Etymology 2

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

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈlo.to/
* Rhymes: -oto
* Hyphenation: ló‧to

#### Noun

loto m (plural loti)
* (obsolete) mud
    Synonyms: fango, (obsolete) luto
* (obsolete) clay
    Synonym: (obsolete) luto

#### Further reading

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

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈloː.toː/, [ˈɫ̪oːt̪oː]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈlo.to/, [ˈlɔːt̪o]

### Noun

lōtō
* dative/ablative singular of lōtus

### References

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

## Mansaka
### Etymology

From luto, compare Cebuano luto.

### Verb

loto
* to cook

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From French auto.

### Noun

loto
* car

### References

* Baker, Philip & Hookoomsing, Vinesh Y. 1987. Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français

## Niuean
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Maori roto, Tongan loto).

### Noun

loto
* inside; interior

## Portuguese
### Verb

loto
* first-person singular present indicative of lotar

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French loto.

### Noun

loto n (plural lotouri)
* lotto

#### Declension
## Seychellois Creole
### Etymology

Borrowed from French l’auto (“the car”).

### Noun

loto
* car

### References

* Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français
* Seychelles Creole vocabulary. In: Haspelmath, M. & Tadmor, U. (eds.) World Loanword Database. Leipzig: Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology.

## Spanish
### Etymology

From Latin lotus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈloto/ [ˈlo.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -oto
* Syllabification: lo‧to

### Noun

loto m (plural lotos)
* 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, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Sranan Tongo
### Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch lood.

### Noun

loto
* lead (metal)

## Tahitian
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Maori roto, Tongan loto).

### Noun

loto
* lake

## Tokelauan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈlo.to]
* Hyphenation: lo‧to

### Etymology 1

From Proto-Polynesian *loto. Cognates include Tongan loto and Samoan loto.

#### Noun

loto
* courage
* thoughts, wishes (on a certain topic)

#### Verb

loto (plural loloto)
* (transitive) to want; to wish
* (transitive) to agree; to concur

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Polynesian *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko and Samoan loto.

#### Noun

loto
* lake
* pool in a reef

### Etymology 3

From Proto-Polynesian *loto. Cognates include Hawaiian loko and Samoan loto.

#### Noun

loto
* (locative) inside; among

### References

* R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary‎, Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 192

## Tongan
### Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *loto (Compare Hawaiian loko, Maori roto, Tahitian loto).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /lo.to/

### Noun

loto
* interior
* inland
* lake

#### Derived terms

* falani loto

## Uneapa
### Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic *loto (“abscess, boil”), possibly from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *lətaw (“to float, protrude”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /loto/

### Noun

loto
* sore

### Further reading

* Ross, Malcolm D. (2016) Andrew Pawley, editor, The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic: Volume 5, People: body and mind, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, →OCLC; republished as Meredith Osmond, editor, (Please provide a date or year)

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈl̪o.t̪o/

### Verb

loto
* (stative) to be dry

#### Conjugation
### References

* Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics