lotu

Perhaps from lohi (“body, mud”) +‎ -tu, but the semantics are unclear.^[1]

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• IPA^(key): /lotu/, [lo̞.t̪u]

lotu ? (imperfect participle lotzen, future participle lotuko, short form lo, verbal noun lotze)

1. to tie, to fasten
2. to join, connect, bind
3. to bind, bandage (wound)
4. to associate, relate to, link to

• “lotu”, in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia [Dictionary of the Basque Academy], Euskaltzaindia
• “lotu”, in Orotariko Euskal Hiztegia [General Basque Dictionary], Euskaltzaindia, 1987–2005

lotu

1. religion

• → Samoan: lotu
  • Samoan Plantation Pidgin: lotu
    • → Tok Pisin: lotu
      • → Rotokas: rotu, lotu

lotu

1. inflection of lota:
   1. indefinite accusative singular
   2. indefinite dative singular
   3. indefinite genitive singular

lōtū

1. ablative singular of lōtus

lotu

1. use

• IPA^(key): /ˈlɔ.tu/
• Rhymes: -ɔtu
• Syllabification: lo‧tu

lotu m inan

1. genitive singular of lot

From Fijian lotu.

lotu

1. a church service
2. a religious sect

• ekalesia
• falesa

From Fijian lotu (“religion”).

lotu

1. church

• Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎^[1], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN

From Samoan Plantation Pidgin lotu, from Fijian lotu (“religion”).

lotu

1. church
2. religion

• haus lotu
• sios

• → Rotokas: rotu

• Mosel, Ulrike (1980) Tolai and Tok Pisin: the influence of the substratum on the development of New Guinea Pidgin (Pacific Linguistics; Series B, no. 73)‎^[2], Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN

lotu

1. religion