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lotta.

a member of a women's voluntary defense corps, a member (in Finland) of Lotta Svärd

5 characters2 syllables approx.Svenska language

Meaning & usage

noun
  1. a member of a women's voluntary defense corps, a member (in Finland) of Lotta Svärd

    common-gender
Where this word comes from

Noun: The organization Lotta Svärd in Finland formed in 1920, named after the fictional woman Lotta Svärd in Johan Ludvig Runeberg's poem The Tales of Ensign Stål (1848). Verb: lott + -a

verb
  1. to draw lots

    Vi lottade om vem som skulle börja
  2. to draw (the winner in a lottery)

Where this word comes from

From Old Swedish luta, lota, from Old Norse hluta, from Proto-Germanic *hlutōną.

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