jota (pluraljotas)
jota inan
| indefinite | singular | plural | proximal plural | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| absolutive | jota | jota | jotak | jotok |
| ergative | jotak | jotak | jotek | jotok |
| dative | jotari | jotari | jotei | jotoi |
| genitive | jotaren | jotaren | joten | joton |
| comitative | jotarekin | jotarekin | jotekin | jotokin |
| causative | jotarengatik | jotarengatik | jotengatik | jotongatik |
| benefactive | jotarentzat | jotarentzat | jotentzat | jotontzat |
| instrumental | jotaz | jotaz | jotez | jototaz |
| innesive | jotatan | jotan | jotetan | jototan |
| locative | jotatako | jotako | jotetako | jototako |
| allative | jotatara | jotara | jotetara | jototara |
| terminative | jotataraino | jotaraino | jotetaraino | jototaraino |
| directive | jotatarantz | jotarantz | jotetarantz | jototarantz |
| destinative | jotatarako | jotarako | jotetarako | jototarako |
| ablative | jotatatik | jotatik | jotetatik | jototatik |
| partitive | jotarik | — | — | — |
| prolative | jotatzat | — | — | — |
Borrowed fromLatiniota.Doublet ofiota.
Uncertain. Perhaps fromArabicشَطْحَة(šaṭḥa).
Borrowed fromAncient Greekἰῶτα(iôta,“iota”).
when feminine:
Indeclinable when neuter.
FromAncient Greekἰῶτα(iôta).Doublet ofjod. The sense "small amount" developed in reference to a phrase in theNew Testament:Eer de hemel en aarde vergaat, zal er niet éénjota of één tittel vergaan van de wet.—until heaven and earth pass away, not an iota, not a dot, will pass from the Law (Mt 5:18), iota being the smallest letter of the Greek alphabet.
jota f (pluraljota's,diminutivejotaatje n)
Seeioota.
jota
The recommended Finnish spelling for the name of this letter isioota.
| Inflection ofjota (Kotus type 10/koira, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | jota | jotat | |
| genitive | jotan | jotien | |
| partitive | jotaa | jotia | |
| illative | jotaan | jotiin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | jota | jotat | |
| accusative | nom. | jota | jotat |
| gen. | jotan | ||
| genitive | jotan | jotien jotainrare | |
| partitive | jotaa | jotia | |
| inessive | jotassa | jotissa | |
| elative | jotasta | jotista | |
| illative | jotaan | jotiin | |
| adessive | jotalla | jotilla | |
| ablative | jotalta | jotilta | |
| allative | jotalle | jotille | |
| essive | jotana | jotina | |
| translative | jotaksi | jotiksi | |
| abessive | jotatta | jotitta | |
| instructive | — | jotin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
jota
jōta
jota m orf (invariable)
Learned borrowing fromAncient Greekἰῶτα(iôta), fromPhoenician𐤉(y/yōd/).
jota f
Borrowed fromSpanishjota, from olderxota, fromMozarabic*šáwta, fromLatinsaltō.
jota f
FromLatiniota, fromAncient Greekἰῶτα(iôta,“iota”), fromSemitic.Doublet ofiota.
jota m orfby sense (pluraljotas)
Borrowed fromSpanishjota(“jota”), from earlierxota, fromMozarabic*šáwta(“jump”), fromLatinsaltō(“to dance”).
Borrowed fromLatiniota, fromAncient Greekἰῶτα(iôta,“iota”).
Fromjoto.
From olderxota, fromMozarabic*šáwta(“jump”), fromLatinsaltō(“to dance”).Doublet ofsalta.
(Thisetymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at theEtymology scriptorium.)
jota n
Almost exclusively used in the expressioninte ett jota(“not one iota, nothing at all”).
Unadapted borrowing fromSpanishjota, the Spanish name of the letterJ /j, fromLatiniota, fromAncient Greekἰῶτα(iôta,“iota”).
jota (Baybayin spellingᜑᜓᜆ)
Unadapted borrowing fromSpanishjota, from olderxota, fromMozarabic*šáwta(“jump”), fromLatinsaltō(“to dance”).Doublet ofsalta.
jota (Baybayin spellingᜑᜓᜆ)
Inherited fromProto-Bantu*-jóta(“to warm oneself”), fromProto-Atlantic-Congo*-jot-(“to burn (of a fire)”).
-jota (infinitivekota,perfective-jotile)
