Anglo-Ind. Also lootah, loote, loto. [Hindi loṭa.] A spheroidal water-pot, usually made of polished brass.
1809. Chron., in Ann. Reg., 310/1. On returning the loote to one of the officiating Brahmins, he found a little left which he swallowed with great avidity.
1810. T. Williamson, E. Ind. Vade-mecum, II. 284. A lootah, or brass water-vessel.
c. 1813. Mrs. Sherwood, Stories Ch. Catech., x. 73. Taking the old man’s brass lota, which was all the riches he had.
1858. J. B. Norton, Topics, 100. We shall still hear of men selling their lotahs to provide themselves with the necessaries of life.
1860. W. H. Russell, Diary India, I. 145. Each man carries his bamboo latee shod with iron, with a bundle at one end, and the unfailing loto … at the other.
1881. Monier Williams, in 19th Cent., No. 49. 509. A metal reservoir filled with water,… and two or three Lotas.
