louta لوطة

Tunisian Derja · adverb

“louta” (لوطة) is an adverb in Tunisian Derja meaning below, downstairs.

Meanings

1. below, downstairs
2. the bottom, the lower part

Usage

Louta means "below" or "downstairs". It is the opposite of el fou9 ("up"). It is used for a floor (louta = on the ground floor), for an object placed lower down, or for a direction: hbat louta, "come down". Men louta means "from below" and can take a figurative sense, "from the bottom, from the base". In football or competition talk, bdahom men louta means that we dominated them from the start. The word can also be turned into a noun: el louta, "the bottom". It is common in all registers of derja.

Example

How to write it in Latin letters

In Arabizi, Darija written in Latin letters, you will find “louta” but also “lota”, “loota” and “luta”. No spelling is official: people write the sounds as they hear them.

Type “louta” on the Arabic keyboard