"lotu" meaning in Tok Pisin

See lotu in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

Etymology: From Samoan Plantation Pidgin lotu, from Fijian lotu (“religion”). Etymology templates: {{der|tpi|crp-spp|lotu}} Samoan Plantation Pidgin lotu, {{der|tpi|fj|lotu||religion}} Fijian lotu (“religion”) Head templates: {{head|tpi|noun}} lotu
  1. church
    Sense id: en-lotu-tpi-noun-utuPEn4D Categories (other): Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
  2. religion Categories (topical): Places of worship, Religion
    Sense id: en-lotu-tpi-noun-E50Uthyu Disambiguation of Places of worship: 31 69 Disambiguation of Religion: 17 83 Categories (other): Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header: 50 50
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Synonyms: haus lotu, sios Derived forms: haus lotu, lotuim, man bilong lotu, wanlotu
{
  "derived": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "haus lotu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "lotuim"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "man bilong lotu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "wanlotu"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roo",
            "2": "rotu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Rotokas: rotu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Rotokas: rotu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "crp-spp",
        "3": "lotu"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan Plantation Pidgin lotu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "fj",
        "3": "lotu",
        "4": "",
        "5": "religion"
      },
      "expansion": "Fijian lotu (“religion”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Samoan Plantation Pidgin lotu, from Fijian lotu (“religion”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "lotu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tok Pisin",
  "lang_code": "tpi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "church"
      ],
      "id": "en-lotu-tpi-noun-utuPEn4D",
      "links": [
        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        {
          "_dis": "50 50",
          "kind": "other",
          "name": "Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header",
          "parents": [
            "Entries with incorrect language header",
            "Entry maintenance"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "31 69",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "tpi",
          "name": "Places of worship",
          "orig": "tpi:Places of worship",
          "parents": [
            "Places",
            "Buildings",
            "Religion",
            "Names",
            "Buildings and structures",
            "Culture",
            "All topics",
            "Proper nouns",
            "Terms by semantic function",
            "Architecture",
            "Society",
            "Fundamental",
            "Nouns",
            "Applied sciences",
            "Art",
            "Lemmas",
            "Sciences"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        },
        {
          "_dis": "17 83",
          "kind": "topical",
          "langcode": "tpi",
          "name": "Religion",
          "orig": "tpi:Religion",
          "parents": [
            "Culture",
            "Society",
            "All topics",
            "Fundamental"
          ],
          "source": "w+disamb"
        }
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "religion"
      ],
      "id": "en-lotu-tpi-noun-E50Uthyu",
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "haus lotu"
    },
    {
      "_dis1": "0 0",
      "word": "sios"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lotu"
}
{
  "categories": [
    "Pages with 10 entries",
    "Pages with entries",
    "Tok Pisin entries with incorrect language header",
    "Tok Pisin lemmas",
    "Tok Pisin nouns",
    "Tok Pisin terms derived from Fijian",
    "Tok Pisin terms derived from Samoan Plantation Pidgin",
    "tpi:Places of worship",
    "tpi:Religion"
  ],
  "derived": [
    {
      "word": "haus lotu"
    },
    {
      "word": "lotuim"
    },
    {
      "word": "man bilong lotu"
    },
    {
      "word": "wanlotu"
    }
  ],
  "descendants": [
    {
      "depth": 1,
      "templates": [
        {
          "args": {
            "1": "roo",
            "2": "rotu",
            "bor": "1"
          },
          "expansion": "→ Rotokas: rotu",
          "name": "desc"
        }
      ],
      "text": "→ Rotokas: rotu"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "crp-spp",
        "3": "lotu"
      },
      "expansion": "Samoan Plantation Pidgin lotu",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "fj",
        "3": "lotu",
        "4": "",
        "5": "religion"
      },
      "expansion": "Fijian lotu (“religion”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Samoan Plantation Pidgin lotu, from Fijian lotu (“religion”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "tpi",
        "2": "noun"
      },
      "expansion": "lotu",
      "name": "head"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "Tok Pisin",
  "lang_code": "tpi",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "church"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "church",
          "church"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "religion"
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "religion",
          "religion"
        ]
      ]
    }
  ],
  "synonyms": [
    {
      "word": "haus lotu"
    },
    {
      "word": "sios"
    }
  ],
  "word": "lotu"
}

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