malotin.

Brit.

/məˈləʊti/, U.S.

/məˈloʊdi/, South African English

/məˈləʊti/

Inflections: Plural unchanged, (rare) malotis.

Forms: also with capital initial.

Origin: A borrowing from Southern Sotho. Etymon: Southern Sotho maloti.

Etymology: < Southern Sotho maloti (plural) < Maloti , the name of the Maloti mountain range in northern Lesotho (used locally to refer to the entire mountainous north and east of the country) < ma- , plural class prefix + -loti , stem of leloti (singular) mountain. Compare loti n.The naming of the currency after a mountain range may have been inspired by the South African rand (compare rand n.³), to which it is tied, although the Maloti mountains are not a gold-producing region.

= loti n.Loti is the officially recognized term for the basic monetary unit of Lesotho, while maloti is the officially recognized plural form. See also note at loti n.

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society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > other specific African

macute1704

pesewa1963

leone1964

cedi1965

kwacha1966

likuta1967

makuta1967

sengi1967

zaire1967

tambala1969

kobo1972

naira1972

lilangeni1974

birr1976

thebe1976

lwei1977

maloti1977

loti1979

metical1980

sente1980

1977 Financial Times 15 Jan. 4/5 The crown-sized silver 10 maloti shows a Sotho village scene, while the gold 100 maloti depicts a Sotho horseman.

1979 Standard Chartered Rev. Dec. 35/2 The new currency, to be known as Maloti, will be issued on January 21, 1980, with one Maloti being equal to 100 Lisente.

1980 Sunday Times 27 Jan. 59/5 The new coin collection minted on behalf of the African kingdom of Lesotho..includes..the gold Maloti..which contains one ounce of fine gold.

1994 C. Peters in K. Cole Sustainable Devel. for Democratic South Afr. viii. 108 Inherited arrears from the town office amounted to..some 3.4 million malotis.

2002 T. Pinchuck et al. Rough Guide S. Afr. (ed. 3) 750 You can use rand in Lesotho, so you don't need to convert them beforehand, but you cannot use or exchange maloti anywhere outside Lesotho.

This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022).

单词	maloti
释义	malotin. Brit. /məˈləʊti/, U.S. /məˈloʊdi/, South African English /məˈləʊti/ Inflections: Plural unchanged, (rare) malotis. Forms: also with capital initial. Origin: A borrowing from Southern Sotho. Etymon: Southern Sotho maloti. Etymology: < Southern Sotho maloti (plural) < Maloti , the name of the Maloti mountain range in northern Lesotho (used locally to refer to the entire mountainous north and east of the country) < ma- , plural class prefix + -loti , stem of leloti (singular) mountain. Compare loti n.The naming of the currency after a mountain range may have been inspired by the South African rand (compare rand n.³), to which it is tied, although the Maloti mountains are not a gold-producing region. = loti n.Loti is the officially recognized term for the basic monetary unit of Lesotho, while maloti is the officially recognized plural form. See also note at loti n. ΘΚΠ society > trade and finance > money > standards and values of currencies > [noun] > specific monetary units or units of account > other specific African macute1704 pesewa1963 leone1964 cedi1965 kwacha1966 likuta1967 makuta1967 sengi1967 zaire1967 tambala1969 kobo1972 naira1972 lilangeni1974 birr1976 thebe1976 lwei1977 maloti1977 loti1979 metical1980 sente1980 1977 Financial Times 15 Jan. 4/5 The crown-sized silver 10 maloti shows a Sotho village scene, while the gold 100 maloti depicts a Sotho horseman. 1979 Standard Chartered Rev. Dec. 35/2 The new currency, to be known as Maloti, will be issued on January 21, 1980, with one Maloti being equal to 100 Lisente. 1980 Sunday Times 27 Jan. 59/5 The new coin collection minted on behalf of the African kingdom of Lesotho..includes..the gold Maloti..which contains one ounce of fine gold. 1994 C. Peters in K. Cole Sustainable Devel. for Democratic South Afr. viii. 108 Inherited arrears from the town office amounted to..some 3.4 million malotis. 2002 T. Pinchuck et al. Rough Guide S. Afr. (ed. 3) 750 You can use rand in Lesotho, so you don't need to convert them beforehand, but you cannot use or exchange maloti anywhere outside Lesotho. This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, September 2015; most recently modified version published online March 2022). < n.1977
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