"loti" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈləʊtaɪ/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-loti.wav [Southern-England]
enPR: lōʹtī [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From the Latin lōtī, the nominative plural form of lōtus (“Egyptian lotus flower”, “date-plum”). Etymology templates: {{uder|en|la|lōtī}} Latin lōtī Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} loti
  1. plural of lotus Tags: form-of, plural Form of: lotus
    Sense id: en-loti-en-noun-ZdSlRY8Z Categories (other): English plurals in -i with singular in -us
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

Noun

IPA: /ˈləʊti/ [Received-Pronunciation], /ˈluːti/ [Received-Pronunciation] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-loti2.wav [Southern-England] Forms: loti [plural], maloti [plural], lotis [plural]
enPR: lōʹti [Received-Pronunciation], lo͞oʹti [Received-Pronunciation] Etymology: From the Sotho loti, singular derivation of maloti, mulati (“mountains”); compare Maloti. Etymology templates: {{uder|en|st|loti}} Sotho loti Head templates: {{en-noun|*|maloti|s}} loti (plural loti or 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.
    Sense id: en-loti-en-noun-4yoglEnB Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English heteronyms, English undefined derivations, Pages with 8 entries, Pages with entries, Currencies, Lesotho Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 2 86 12 Disambiguation of English heteronyms: 2 84 13 Disambiguation of English undefined derivations: 5 81 14 Disambiguation of Pages with 8 entries: 2 74 10 6 6 2 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 1 72 10 8 8 1 Disambiguation of Currencies: 2 88 10 Disambiguation of Lesotho: 0 100 0
  2. A coin or banknote betokening a value in (ma)loti.
    Sense id: en-loti-en-noun-ojhm~C73
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Meronyms: sente
Etymology number: 2

Inflected forms

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