choto

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀jótò (“fireplace”), from *-jóta (“to warm oneself”), from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-jot- (“to burn (of a fire)”).

choto class 7 (plural zvoto class 8)

1. fireplace (in a house) hearth

• M. Hannan, S.J. (1984), Standard Shona Dictionary: Revised Edition with Addendum‎^[1], Harare College Press, pages 104, 815

• IPA^(key): /ˈt͡ʃoto/ [ˈt͡ʃo.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: cho‧to

Onomatopoeic of the sucking sound.

choto m (plural chotos, feminine chota, feminine plural chotas)

1. suckling goat

choto (feminine chota, masculine plural chotos, feminine plural chotas)

1. (Argentina, vulgar) low-quality, cheap, sucky

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

choto

1. first-person singular present indicative of chotar

• “choto”, 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

• de choto

Inherited from Proto-Bantu *kɪ̀jótò (“fireplace”), from *-jóta (“to warm oneself”), potentially from Proto-Atlantic-Congo *-jot- (“to burn (of a fire)”).

choto class 7

1. ash

• William Y. Turner (1996), Tumbuka/Tonga-English and English - Tumbuka/Tonga Dictionary‎^[2], Central Africana Limited, page 98