tota

See also: Tóta

English

Etymology

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

Noun

tota (plural totas)

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

References

• “tota”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Atto, atto-, to a T, toat

Albanian

Alternative forms

• totë

Etymology

A Lallwort.

Noun

tota f

1. big sister, sister

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈto.tə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈto.ta]

Adjective

tota f sg

1. feminine singular of tot

Finnish

Pronunciation

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

Pronoun

tota

1. (colloquial) partitive singular of toi

Interjection

tota (colloquial)

1. space filler or pause during conversation

   Synonyms: tuota, öö

Anagrams

• atto-, otat, taot

Franco-Provençal

Adjective

tota

1. feminine singular of tot

Icelandic

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtʰɔːta/
• Rhymes: -ɔːta

Noun

tota f (genitive singular totu, nominative plural totur)

1. flap of skin; lappet

   Synonym: sepi

Ido

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈto.ta/

Adjective

tota

1. whole, entire

Derived terms

• 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

Adjective

tōta

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

Adjective

tōtā

1. ablative feminine singular of tōtus

References

• tota in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Serbo-Croatian

Pronoun

tota (Cyrillic spelling тота)

1. (Kajkavian) this (one)

   Synonym: ta

Swedish

Etymology

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

Verb

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

1. try to fix, have a shot at

Usage notes

Most commonly together with the prepositions ihop or till.

Conjugation

Conjugation of tota (weak)

	Active		Passive
Infinitive	tota		totas
Supine	totat		totats
Imperative	tota		—
Imper. plural1	toten		—
	Present	Past	Present	Past
Indicative	totar	totade	totas	totades
Ind. plural1	tota	totade	totas	totades
Subjunctive2	tote	totade	totes	totades
	Participles
Present participle	totande
Past participle	—
1 Archaic. 2 Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• tota ihop
• tota till

References

• tota in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• tota in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• tota in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Tokelauan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *te-o-ta.

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

tota

1. (inalienable, definite) my

Usage notes

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

See also

Tokelauan possessive determiners

	Definite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	toku, tota1	to māua	to mā	to mātou	oku, ota1	o māua	o mā	o mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	to tāua	to tā	to tātou	―	o tāua	o tā	o tātou
2nd person	tō	toulua		toutou	ō	oulua		outou
3rd person	tona	to lāua	to lā	to lātou	ona	o lāua	o lā	o lātou
	Definite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	taku, tata1	ta māua	ta mā	ta mātou	aku, ata1	a māua	a mā	a mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ta tāua	ta tā	ta tātou	―	a tāua	a tā	a tātou
2nd person	tau	taulua		tautou	au	aulua		autou
3rd person	tana	ta lāua	ta lā	ta lātou	ana	a lāua	a lā	a lātou
	Indefinite inalienable (O-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	hoku, hota1	ho māua	ho mā	ho mātou	ni oku, ni ota1	ni o māua	ni o mā	ni o mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ho tāua	ho tā	ho tātou	―	ni o tāua	ni o tā	ni o tātou
2nd person	hō	houlua		houtou	ni ō	ni oulua		ni outou
3rd person	hona	ho lāua	ho lā	ho lātou	ni ona	ni o lāua	ni o lā	ni o lātou
	Indefinite alienable (A-type)
	singular reference				plural reference
	sg	du		pl	sg	du		pl
		long	short			long	short
1st person (excl.)	haku, hata1	ha māua	ha mā	ha mātou	ni aku, ni ata1	ni a māua	ni a mā	ni a mātou
1st person (incl.)	―	ha tāua	ha tā	ha tātou	―	ni a tāua	ni a tā	ni a tātou
2nd person	hau	haulua		hautou	ni au	ni aulua		ni autou
3rd person	hana	ha lāua	ha lā	ha lātou	ni ana	ni a lāua	ni a lā	ni a lātou
1) Sympathetic

References

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