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Definitions

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  • noun Plural form of lotus.
  • noun The basic monetary unit of the currency of the Kingdom of Lesotho, introduced in 1980 to replace the South African rand as legal tender.
  • noun A coin or banknote betokening a value in (ma)loti.

Etymologies

from The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition

[Sotho, from Maloti, a range of mountains in Lesotho.]

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From the Latin lōtī, the nominative plural form of lōtus ("Egyptian lotus flower”, “date-plum").

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From the Sotho loti, singular derivation of maloti, mulati ("mountains"); compare Maloti.

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Examples

  • Like the pulut guy will yell pulut panggang, the roti guy early in the morning cycling on this trishaw with a big cart of all sorts of bread in them yelling 'loti', ice cream guy will go 'pingkiling'!

    WordPress.com News suituapui 2009

  • Currency (code): loti (LSL); South African rand (ZAR)

    Lesotho 2008

  • But keep in mind, now, as General Abizaid said out of Qatar yesterday -- he's the CENTCOM commander -- that, you know, we have a loti of reservations about, you know, the reliability of Iraqi forces because they did not, you know, really join up in terms of helping us to reject what's going on in Falluja and elsewhere over the last couple of months.

    CNN Transcript May 1, 2004 2004

  • Another factor was the low exchange rate of the Lesotho loti in relation to the US dollar which has resulted in price increase of imports and other goods, including grain, following the events of

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2002

  • In addition, the organization points out: "Lesotho's monetary policy of a one-to-one exchange rate peg between the loti (Lesotho currency) and the rand will help maintain monetary stability and relatively low inflation."

    ANC Daily News Briefing 2001

  • Currency (code): loti (LSL); South African rand (ZAR)

    The 2005 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Currency: 1 loti (L) = 100 lisente; note - maloti (M) is the plural form of loti

    The 2000 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • African rand which is also legal tender; maloti is the plural form of loti

    The 2001 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Basotho loti is at par with the South African rand

    The 1994 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

  • Currency (code): loti (LSL); South African rand (ZAR)

    The 2007 CIA World Factbook United States. Central Intelligence Agency

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  • qroqqa commented on the word loti

    plural is maloti; divided into 100 lisente (singular sente)

    July 8, 2008