того

Dolgan

Adverb

того • (togo)

1. (interrogative) why, what for

Evenki

Alternative forms

• тово (towo)
• то̄ (tō)

Etymology

1. From Proto-Tungusic *toga, compare Even тог (tog), Nanai тава (tawa), Manchu ᡨᡠᠸᠠ (tuwa).
2. Perhaps related to Proto-Mongolic *togaxan, Mongolian тогоо (togoo, “cauldron”).

Noun

того • (togo)

1. fire
2. warmth, heat
3. (Upper Aldan) lightning

Omok

Etymology

Perhaps related to Proto-Tungusic *tolga (compare Evenki толгокӣ (tolgokī)).

Noun

того (togo)

1. sledge, sleigh

Derived terms

• уботого (ubotogo, “sled”)

References

• Ferdinand von Wrangel (1841) Прибавленія къ путешествію по сѣвернымъ берегамъ Сибири и Ледовитому Морю [Supplements to the adventure along the northern shores of Siberia and the Arctic Ocean] (in Russian), volume 2, Saint Petersburg, page 122

Russian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key):  (phonetic respelling: тово́)

Determiner

того́ • (tovó) sg (demonstrative)

1. inflection of тот (tot):
   1. masculine/neuter genitive singular
   2. masculine animate accusative singular

Pronoun

того́ • (tovó) sg (demonstrative)

1. inflection of тот (tot):
   1. masculine/neuter genitive singular
   2. masculine animate accusative singular

Pronoun

того́ • (tovó) n inan sg (demonstrative)

1. genitive of то (to)

Interjection

того́ • (tovó)

1. (colloquial) you know, um (a hesitation marker)
   • 1913, Д. С. Мережко́вский, Алекса́ндр Пе́рвый:

     ― За царя́? Нет, то́ есть, зна́чит, того́, как бы сказа́ть не совра́ть, е́сли и за царя́, то не за тако́го, как ны́нешний.

     ― Za carjá? Net, tó jestʹ, znáčit, tovó, kak by skazátʹ ne sovrátʹ, jésli i za carjá, to ne za takóvo, kak nýnešnij.

     “For the tsar? No, that is to say, I mean, you know, what's the right way to put it, even if I'm for the tsar, I'm not for the sort of tsar we have now.”

Predicative

того́ • (tovó)

1. (colloquial, euphemistic) not right in the head, daft, crazy
   • 1996, Алекса́ндра Мари́нина, Чужа́я ма́ска:

     Слу́шай, а она́ что́, совсе́м того́? И́ли, мо́жет, то́лько чуть-чу́ть?

     Slúšaj, a oná štó, sovsém tovó? Íli, móžet, tólʹko čutʹ-čútʹ?

     Hey, so is she totally daft? Or maybe just a little bit?

2. (colloquial, euphemistic) tipsy, drunk
3. (colloquial, euphemistic) not great, not very good
4. (colloquial, euphemistic, crime) taken care of, murdered

Ukrainian

Pronunciation

• того́: IPA^(key):
• то́го: IPA^(key): (after prepositions)

Determiner

того́ or то́го • (tohó or tóho)

1. inflection of той (toj):
   1. genitive masculine/neuter singular
   2. animate accusative masculine singular