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‖ lota, lotah Anglo-Ind.|ˈləʊtə|
Also lootah, loote, loto.
[Hindi lota.]
A spheroidal water-pot, usually made of polished brass.
1809Chron. in Ann. Reg. 310/1 On returning the loote to one of the officiating Brahmins, he found a little left which he swallowed with great avidity. 1810T. Williamson E. India Vade M. II. 284 A lootah, or brass water-vessel. c1813Mrs. Sherwood Stories Ch. Catech. x. 73 Taking the old man's brass lota, which was all the riches he had. 1858J. B. Norton Topics 100 We shall still hear of men selling their lotahs to provide themselves with the necessaries of life. 1860W. H. Russell Diary India I. 145 Each man carries his bamboo latee shod with iron, with a bundle at one end, and the unfailing loto..at the other. 1881Monier Williams in 19th Cent. No. 49. 509 A metal reservoir filled with water,..and two or three Lotas. |