tota

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English

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Etymology

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From a native word for it, perhaps Amharic ጦጣ (ṭoṭa, monkey, ape).

Noun

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tota (plural totas)

  1. A kind of monkey, the grivet or waag.

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Albanian

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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A Lallwort.

Noun

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tota f

  1. big sister, sister

Catalan

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Adjective

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tota f sg

  1. feminine singular of tot

Finnish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈtotɑ/, [ˈt̪o̞t̪ɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -otɑ
  • Syllabification(key): to‧ta

Pronoun

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tota

  1. (colloquial) partitive singular of toi

Interjection

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tota (colloquial)

  1. space filler or pause during conversation
    Synonyms: tuota, öö

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Franco-Provençal

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Adjective

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tota

  1. feminine singular of tot

Icelandic

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Noun

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tota f (genitive singular totu, nominative plural totur)

  1. flap of skin; lappet
    Synonym: sepi

Declension

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    Declension of tota
f-w1 singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative tota totan totur toturnar
accusative totu totuna totur toturnar
dative totu totunni totum totunum
genitive totu totunnar tota/totna totanna/totnanna

Ido

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Etymology

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Borrowed from English total, French total, German total, Spanish total, Portuguese total, Italian totale, Russian тотальный (totalʹnyj), all ultimately from Latin totalis.

Pronunciation

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Adjective

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tota

  1. whole, entire

Derived terms

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  • entote (ensemble, altogether, on the whole, in all, in a body, bodily, overall, adverb)
  • totala (total, adjective)
  • totale (totally, adverb)
  • tote (entirely, perfectly, thoroughly, adverb)

Latin

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Adjective

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tōta

  1. inflection of tōtus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

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tōtā

  1. ablative feminine singular of tōtus

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Serbo-Croatian

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Pronoun

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tota (Cyrillic spelling тота)

  1. (Kajkavian) this (one)
    Synonym: ta

Swedish

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Etymology

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Unknown. Likely onomatopoeic, after the sounds an infant produces before learning to speak properly.

Verb

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tota (present totar, preterite totade, supine totat, imperative tota)

  1. try to fix, have a shot at

Usage notes

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Most commonly together with the prepositions ihop or till.

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Tokelauan

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Etymology

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From Proto-Polynesian *te-o-ta.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): [ˈto.ta]
  • Hyphenation: to‧ta

Determiner

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tota

  1. (inalienable, definite) my

Usage notes

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  • tota is commonly used in place of toku to arouse the listener’s sympathy about some predicament that one is in.

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References

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  • R. Simona, editor (1986), Tokelau Dictionary[1], Auckland: Office of Tokelau Affairs, page 398