lotta

See also: Lotta

English

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɒtə/
  • Rhymes: -ɒtə
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Contraction

lotta

  1. (informal) Contraction of lot of.
    A whole lotta people feel the same way I do.
    • 1972, Al Green (lyrics and music), “Simply Beautiful”:
      I'm gonna be good to you / There's a whole lotta things / You and I could do

Anagrams

Finnish

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlotːɑ/, [ˈlo̞t̪ːɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -otːɑ
  • Syllabification(key): lot‧ta

Etymology 1

< Lotta

Noun

lotta

  1. member of Lotta Svärd
Declension
Inflection of lotta (Kotus type 10*C/koira, tt-t gradation)
nominative lotta lotat
genitive lotan lottien
partitive lottaa lottia
illative lottaan lottiin
singular plural
nominative lotta lotat
accusative nom. lotta lotat
gen. lotan
genitive lotan lottien
lottainrare
partitive lottaa lottia
inessive lotassa lotissa
elative lotasta lotista
illative lottaan lottiin
adessive lotalla lotilla
ablative lotalta lotilta
allative lotalle lotille
essive lottana lottina
translative lotaksi lotiksi
abessive lotatta lotitta
instructive — lotin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lotta (Kotus type 10*C/koira, tt-t gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lottani lottani
accusative nom. lottani lottani
gen. lottani
genitive lottani lottieni
lottainirare
partitive lottaani lottiani
inessive lotassani lotissani
elative lotastani lotistani
illative lottaani lottiini
adessive lotallani lotillani
ablative lotaltani lotiltani
allative lotalleni lotilleni
essive lottanani lottinani
translative lotakseni lotikseni
abessive lotattani lotittani
instructive — —
comitative — lottineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lottasi lottasi
accusative nom. lottasi lottasi
gen. lottasi
genitive lottasi lottiesi
lottaisirare
partitive lottaasi lottiasi
inessive lotassasi lotissasi
elative lotastasi lotistasi
illative lottaasi lottiisi
adessive lotallasi lotillasi
ablative lotaltasi lotiltasi
allative lotallesi lotillesi
essive lottanasi lottinasi
translative lotaksesi lotiksesi
abessive lotattasi lotittasi
instructive — —
comitative — lottinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lottamme lottamme
accusative nom. lottamme lottamme
gen. lottamme
genitive lottamme lottiemme
lottaimmerare
partitive lottaamme lottiamme
inessive lotassamme lotissamme
elative lotastamme lotistamme
illative lottaamme lottiimme
adessive lotallamme lotillamme
ablative lotaltamme lotiltamme
allative lotallemme lotillemme
essive lottanamme lottinamme
translative lotaksemme lotiksemme
abessive lotattamme lotittamme
instructive — —
comitative — lottinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lottanne lottanne
accusative nom. lottanne lottanne
gen. lottanne
genitive lottanne lottienne
lottainnerare
partitive lottaanne lottianne
inessive lotassanne lotissanne
elative lotastanne lotistanne
illative lottaanne lottiinne
adessive lotallanne lotillanne
ablative lotaltanne lotiltanne
allative lotallenne lotillenne
essive lottananne lottinanne
translative lotaksenne lotiksenne
abessive lotattanne lotittanne
instructive — —
comitative — lottinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative lottansa lottansa
accusative nom. lottansa lottansa
gen. lottansa
genitive lottansa lottiensa
lottainsarare
partitive lottaansa lottiaan
lottiansa
inessive lotassaan
lotassansa		 lotissaan
lotissansa
elative lotastaan
lotastansa		 lotistaan
lotistansa
illative lottaansa lottiinsa
adessive lotallaan
lotallansa		 lotillaan
lotillansa
ablative lotaltaan
lotaltansa		 lotiltaan
lotiltansa
allative lotalleen
lotallensa		 lotilleen
lotillensa
essive lottanaan
lottanansa		 lottinaan
lottinansa
translative lotakseen
lotaksensa		 lotikseen
lotiksensa
abessive lotattaan
lotattansa		 lotittaan
lotittansa
instructive — —
comitative — lottineen
lottinensa
Derived terms
compounds

Etymology 2

Adapted to Finnish from French charlotte russe.

Noun

lotta

  1. charlotte russe (type of dessert)
Declension
Inflection of lotta (Kotus type 10*C/koira, tt-t gradation)
nominative lotta lotat
genitive lotan lottien
partitive lottaa lottia
illative lottaan lottiin
singular plural
nominative lotta lotat
accusative nom. lotta lotat
gen. lotan
genitive lotan lottien
lottainrare
partitive lottaa lottia
inessive lotassa lotissa
elative lotasta lotista
illative lottaan lottiin
adessive lotalla lotilla
ablative lotalta lotilta
allative lotalle lotille
essive lottana lottina
translative lotaksi lotiksi
abessive lotatta lotitta
instructive — lotin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of lotta (Kotus type 10*C/koira, tt-t gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lottani lottani
accusative nom. lottani lottani
gen. lottani
genitive lottani lottieni
lottainirare
partitive lottaani lottiani
inessive lotassani lotissani
elative lotastani lotistani
illative lottaani lottiini
adessive lotallani lotillani
ablative lotaltani lotiltani
allative lotalleni lotilleni
essive lottanani lottinani
translative lotakseni lotikseni
abessive lotattani lotittani
instructive — —
comitative — lottineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative lottasi lottasi
accusative nom. lottasi lottasi
gen. lottasi
genitive lottasi lottiesi
lottaisirare
partitive lottaasi lottiasi
inessive lotassasi lotissasi
elative lotastasi lotistasi
illative lottaasi lottiisi
adessive lotallasi lotillasi
ablative lotaltasi lotiltasi
allative lotallesi lotillesi
essive lottanasi lottinasi
translative lotaksesi lotiksesi
abessive lotattasi lotittasi
instructive — —
comitative — lottinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lottamme lottamme
accusative nom. lottamme lottamme
gen. lottamme
genitive lottamme lottiemme
lottaimmerare
partitive lottaamme lottiamme
inessive lotassamme lotissamme
elative lotastamme lotistamme
illative lottaamme lottiimme
adessive lotallamme lotillamme
ablative lotaltamme lotiltamme
allative lotallemme lotillemme
essive lottanamme lottinamme
translative lotaksemme lotiksemme
abessive lotattamme lotittamme
instructive — —
comitative — lottinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative lottanne lottanne
accusative nom. lottanne lottanne
gen. lottanne
genitive lottanne lottienne
lottainnerare
partitive lottaanne lottianne
inessive lotassanne lotissanne
elative lotastanne lotistanne
illative lottaanne lottiinne
adessive lotallanne lotillanne
ablative lotaltanne lotiltanne
allative lotallenne lotillenne
essive lottananne lottinanne
translative lotaksenne lotiksenne
abessive lotattanne lotittanne
instructive — —
comitative — lottinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative lottansa lottansa
accusative nom. lottansa lottansa
gen. lottansa
genitive lottansa lottiensa
lottainsarare
partitive lottaansa lottiaan
lottiansa
inessive lotassaan
lotassansa		 lotissaan
lotissansa
elative lotastaan
lotastansa		 lotistaan
lotistansa
illative lottaansa lottiinsa
adessive lotallaan
lotallansa		 lotillaan
lotillansa
ablative lotaltaan
lotaltansa		 lotiltaan
lotiltansa
allative lotalleen
lotallensa		 lotilleen
lotillensa
essive lottanaan
lottanansa		 lottinaan
lottinansa
translative lotakseen
lotaksensa		 lotikseen
lotiksensa
abessive lotattaan
lotattansa		 lotittaan
lotittansa
instructive — —
comitative — lottineen
lottinensa

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈlɔt.ta/
  • Audio(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɔtta
  • Hyphenation: lòt‧ta

Etymology 1

Inherited from Late Latin lucta, from Latin lūctāre (“to wrestle”). Compare French lutte. By surface analysis, lottare (“to fight”) +‎ -a.

Noun

lotta f (plural lotte)

  1. (literal or figurative) fight, struggle
  2. conflict
  3. (sports) wrestling

Further reading

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

lotta

  1. third-person singular present indicative of lottare

Anagrams

Swedish

Etymology 1

Noun: The organization Lotta Svärd in Finland formed in 1920, named after the fictional woman Lotta Svärd in Johan Ludvig Runeberg's poem The Tales of Ensign Stål (1848).

Verb: lott +‎ -a

Noun

lotta c

  1. a member of a women's voluntary defense corps, a member (in Finland) of Lotta Svärd
Declension
Declension of lotta 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative lotta lottan lottor lottorna
Genitive lottas lottans lottors lottornas

Etymology 2

From Old Swedish luta, lota, from Old Norse hluta, from Proto-Germanic *hlutōną.

Verb

lotta (present lottar, preterite lottade, supine lottat, imperative lotta)

  1. to draw lots
    Synonym: dra lott
    Vi lottade om vem som skulle börja
    We drew lots to decide who would go first
  2. to draw (the winner in a lottery)
Conjugation
Conjugation of lotta (weak)
Active Passive
Infinitive lotta lottas
Supine lottat lottats
Imperative lotta —
Imper. plural1 lotten —
Present Past Present Past
Indicative lottar lottade lottas lottades
Ind. plural1 lotta lottade lottas lottades
Subjunctive2 lotte lottade lottes lottades
Participles
Present participle lottande
Past participle lottad
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

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