kato
'Are'are edit
Noun edit
kato
References edit
- Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)
Cebuano edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Compare with kuto.
Noun edit
kato
Etymology 2 edit
Unknown.
Adverb edit
kato
Esperanto edit
Etymology edit
Ultimately from Latin cattus, possibly a Wanderwort from an Afroasiatic or Uralic language. Compare French chat, English cat, Russian кот (kot), Yiddish קאַץ (kats), Italian gatto, German Katze, Polish kot.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kato (accusative singular katon, plural katoj, accusative plural katojn)
Derived terms edit
- katherbo (“catnip”)
- mustelkato (“a stone-marten”)
Finnish edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Proto-Finnic *kato, from the same root as *katodak (see kadota).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kato
- failure of crops
- loss, disappearance, lack (used primarily in compound terms)
- yleisökato ― lack or loss of audience
Declension edit
Inflection of kato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | ||||
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nominative | kato | kadot | ||
genitive | kadon | katojen | ||
partitive | katoa | katoja | ||
illative | katoon | katoihin | ||
singular | plural | |||
nominative | kato | kadot | ||
accusative | nom. | kato | kadot | |
gen. | kadon | |||
genitive | kadon | katojen | ||
partitive | katoa | katoja | ||
inessive | kadossa | kadoissa | ||
elative | kadosta | kadoista | ||
illative | katoon | katoihin | ||
adessive | kadolla | kadoilla | ||
ablative | kadolta | kadoilta | ||
allative | kadolle | kadoille | ||
essive | katona | katoina | ||
translative | kadoksi | kadoiksi | ||
abessive | kadotta | kadoitta | ||
instructive | — | kadoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Derived terms edit
- katua (possibly)
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “kato”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][1] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01
Etymology 2 edit
A dialectal or colloquial 2nd person imperative present of katsoa (“to look”). The corresponding infinitive is kattoa.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
kato
- (colloquial) look!
- Kato, tuolla on George! — Look, there's George!
- (colloquial) see (used often with ny)
- Kato ny, mähän sanoin. — See, I told you so.
Synonyms edit
Interjection edit
kato (colloquial)
- see or look.
- Se on kato sillä lailla.
- See, that’s the way it is.
- Kato nääs! or Kato kato!
- Literally: Look, look!. Uttered in surprise, not necessarily telling anyone to look anywhere.
- Kato nääs, säkin olet saapunut paikalle.
- Lo and behold, you have arrived on the scene, too.
- ...kato nääs. or ...kato.
- ...you see. (At the end of a sentence)
Synonyms edit
See also edit
Anagrams edit
Ido edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Esperanto kato, Latin cattus, English cat, French chat, German Katze, Italian gatto, Russian кот (kot), Spanish gato.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kato (plural kati)
Japanese edit
Romanization edit
kato
Maori edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kato
Adjective edit
kato
Niuean edit
Noun edit
kato
Pali edit
Alternative forms edit
Adjective edit
kato
- nominative singular masculine of kata, which is past participle of karoti (“to do”)
Polish edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
kato f
Tagalog edit
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Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
katô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)
- blood-sucking mite or tick that commonly infects animals like horses or cows
- (figurative) spurt of mischief or naughtiness
- Synonyms: kapilyuhan, kalokohan
- (pathology) cyst in animal flesh
- synonym of balukanag
Derived terms edit
See also edit
Further reading edit
- “kato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018