Loti definition

lōtē
maloti
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The basic monetary unit of Lesotho.
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(person) (pseud. of Louis Marie Julien Viaud) 1850-1923; Fr. novelist.
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The currency unit of Lesotho, comprised of 100 sente.
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Plural form of lotus.
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The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender.
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A coin or banknote betokening a value in (ma)loti.
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Noun

Singular:
loti
Plural:
maloti, lotis

Origin of loti

  • From the Sotho loti, singular derivation of maloti, mulati (“mountains"); compare Maloti.

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  • From the Latin lōtÄ«, the nominative plural form of lōtus (“Egyptian lotus flower", “date-plum").

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Loti Sentence Examples

  • Such broken material rolling down a uniform scarp would tend to reduce its steepness by the loss of material in the upper part and by the accumulation of a mound or scree against the loti ii er part of the slope.

  • Pierre Loti in Au Maroc has described his diplomacy in Morocco.

  • Among the translations made by "Carmen Sylva" are German versions of Pierre Loti's romance Pecheur d'Islande, and of Paul de St Victor's dramatic criticisms Les DeuxMasques (Paris,1881-1884); and in particular The Bard of the Dimbovitza, a fine English version by "Carmen Sylva" and Alma Strettell of Helene Vacarescu's collection of Rumanian folk-songs, &c., entitled Lieder aus dem Dimbovitzathal (Bonn, 1889).

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