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Esperanto

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Etymology

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From Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta, “the letter Ι”).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjoto/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification: jo‧to
  • Hyphenation: jo‧to

Noun

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joto (accusative singular joton, plural jotoj, accusative plural jotojn)

  1. iota

Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈjɔ.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔtɔ
  • Syllabification: jo‧to

Noun

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joto f

  1. vocative singular of jota

Spanish

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Etymology

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Unknown, maybe from choto; also proposed from jota, Spanish name of letter j, because of mocking, festive aspect of the joker card figure applied to some gay males. Another version is that gay and queer men were held in the J bay of the Lecumberri prison in Mexico City (J is pronounced "jota" in Spanish).[1]

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈxoto/ [ˈxo.t̪o]
  • Rhymes: -oto
  • Syllabification: jo‧to

Noun

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joto m (plural jotos)

  1. (vulgar, derogatory, Mexico, Honduras) gay (male homosexual)
  2. (card games) joker Synonym: comodín
  3. (card games, by extension) jack

Derived terms

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  • jotear
  • jotería
  • jotito
  • jotuel

References

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  1. ^ Carlos Villasana, Angélica Navarrete (6 January 2016), “El palacio negro que inventó a los "jotos"”, in El Universal‎[1], archived from the original on 4 June 2016: “Cada pasillo se reconocía por una letra: […] “J” de las personas que eran consideradas homosexuales o “jotos”—bautizados así por la letra de su crujía—; […]”

Further reading

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  • “joto”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swahili

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Swahili Wikipedia has an article on:jotoWikipedia sw

Etymology

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From Proto-Bantu [Term?].

Pronunciation

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  • Audio (Kenya):(file)

Noun

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joto class V (no plural)

  1. heat, warmth

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