kadto

Bikol Central edit

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: kad‧to
IPA^(key): /kadˈto/, [kad̪ˈto]

Adverb edit

ka'dtó

Alternative form of kaidto (“that, those”)

Pronoun edit

ka'dtó

Alternative form of kaidto (“before”)

Cebuano edit

Alternative forms edit

kato
ni (only used mid-sentence)

Etymology edit

From Proto-Austronesian *-Cu,^[1] apparently prefixed with ka- as seen also in kani (“this”) and kana (“that”). Related to didto (“here”), kaniadto (“long time ago”), ngadto (“thither”), and adto (“to go”), in a similar pattern with other Cebuano demonstrative pronouns. Compare Tagalog ito, Malay itu.

Pronunciation edit

Hyphenation: kad‧to
IPA^(key): /ˈkadto/, [ˈkad̪.t̪o]

Pronoun edit

kadto

that (far from both speaker and listener)

See also edit

Cebuano demonstrative pronouns

	Direct*		Indirect*		Oblique	Locative	Allative	Existential**		Interjection**		Manner**
	Full	Short	Full	Short	Oblique	Locative	Allative	Full	Short	Full	Short	Full	Short
Near speaker***	karí kirí	ri	niari niiri	ari iri	kan-ari^† kan-iri^†	dirí	ngarí	adia	dia	diará	dará	ingon ari	Ø
Near speaker and listener***	kaní kiní	ni	niani niini	ani ini	kan-ani^† kan-ini^†	dinhi	nganhi	ania	nia	niará	Ø	ingon ani	ing-ani in-ani
Near listener	kanâ	nà	nianà	anà	kan-anà^†	dinhà dirâ	nganhà ngarâ	anaa	naa	naará	nará	ingon anà	ing-anà in-anà
Remote	kadto kató	to	niadto niato	adto ato	kan-adto^†	didto	ngadto	atua	tua	tuará	turá	ingon adto ingon ato	ing-ato in-ato
^†Archaic When the demonstrative is used as a predicate, the full form must be used. Short forms never start sentences. Full and short forms used interchangeably. Full forms may be more formal, while short forms may be more colloquial. **These two series may be conflated in colloquial Cebuano.

References edit

^ Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*-Cu”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

Anagrams edit

takdo, takod

[1] Blust, Robert, Trussel, Stephen (2010–) “*-Cu”, in The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary

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