jotta

From Proto-Finnic *jotta. Equivalent to jo- +‎ -tta.

• IPA^(key): /ˈjotːɑ/, [ˈjo̞t̪ːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -otːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): jot‧ta
• Hyphenation^(key): jot‧ta

jotta

1. (subordinating) so that, in order that, for the purpose that

   Synonym: että

   Pidä kännykkä päällä, jotta kuulet kun soitan.

   Keep the phone on you so that you'll hear when I call.

2. (dialectal) synonym of että (“that; conjunction indicating that the subordinate clause is the object of the verb of the main clause”)

• jotta as the general subordinating conjunction in place of että is traditionally seen in the South Ostrobothnian, Karelian (except in northwestern parts of South Karelia), Ingrian, Värmland Savonian, and some Kainuu dialects. It can also be found in some Satakunta, Central Finnish and Savonian dialects, but is less common than että. In other dialects, että is overwhelmingly more common.^[1]

• “jotta”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2 July 2023

From Latin iota, from Ancient Greek ἰῶτα (iôta).^[1][2]

• IPA^(key): [ˈjotːɒ]
• Hyphenation: jot‧ta

jotta

1. iota, jot (a very small, insignificant quantity)

Only used in its accusative form in the set phrase egy jottát sem (“not one iota”):

Ragaszkodnak a szabályokhoz. Egy jottát sem engednek. ― They insist on the rules. They won't give an inch.

• jottányi

• jotta in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

From Proto-Finnic *joottadak. Equivalent to joda +‎ -tta.

jotta

1. to give to drink

• Zajceva, N. G., Mullonen, M. I. (2007) “напоить, поить”, in Uz’ venä-vepsläine vajehnik / Novyj russko-vepsskij slovarʹ [New Russian–Veps Dictionary]‎^[3], Petrozavodsk: Periodika