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Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *a-tā(s), compound of proclitic particle a and demonstrative tās, from Proto-Indo-European *téh₂es, feminine plural of *tód (“that (one)”) (compare Latin istud, English that).
The accusative is from Proto-Albanian *a-tā(s), from earlier *a-tā(n)s, from *téh₂ns, and older and dialectal varieties retain ablative asosh, acosh, from a + Proto-Albanian *tsjāsu, from *ḱjéh₂su, locative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this (one)”) (compare English he).

Pronunciation

Pronoun

ato f pl (accusative ato, dative atyre, ablative atyre)

  1. they

Declension

forms of ato
ato (3rd person feminine plural)
nominative ato
ablative atyre / tyre
full form clitic
accusative ato i
dative atyre u
possessive adjective possessive pronoun
i tyre i tyri

Related terms

See also

Albanian personal pronouns
singular plural
1st person unë ne
2nd person ti ju
3rd person masculine ai ata
feminine ajo ato

Anyi

Noun

ato

  1. lie (an untruthful statement)

Asturian

Verb

ato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of atar

Baoule

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Noun

ato

  1. lie, (untruthful statement)

Cebuano

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔato/,
  • Hyphenation: a‧to

Pronoun

ato

  1. ours

Determiner

ato

  1. our

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns
Person Number Absolute (ang/si) Ergative (sa/ni) Ergative (preposed) Oblique (sa/og)
Length Full Short Full Short Full Full Short
First singular ako ko* nako ko ako/akoa kanako nako
plural inclusive kita ta nato ta ato/atoa kanato nato
plural exclusive kami mi namo mo amo/amoa kanamo namo
Second singular ikaw ka nimo mo imo/imoha kanimo nimo
plural kamo ka ninyo inyo/inyoha kaninyo ninyo
Third singular siya niya iya/iyaha kaniya niya
plural sila nila ila/ilaha kanila nila
*Ta is used over ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.


Ede Idaca

Etymology

Compare with Yoruba òtò (Èkìtì)

Pronunciation

Noun

àtò

  1. monkey

Fon

Pronunciation

Noun

atò (Benin)

  1. dog-faced baboon

Galician

Verb

ato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of atar

Isnag

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

áto

  1. dog (animal)

Japanese

Romanization

ato

  1. Rōmaji transcription of あと

Ligurian

Alternative forms

  • âto (Grafîa ofiçiâ)

Etymology

From Latin altus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

ato (feminine singular ata, masculine plural ati, feminine plural ate)

  1. tall
  2. high

Synonyms

Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qato, from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.

Pronunciation

Verb

ato (passive atohia or atotia or atoa)

  1. to thatch
    I taua moutere ka atohia ngā whare ki ngā rau o te niu. (PK 2008:40)
    On that island the houses are thatched with the leaves of the coconut tree.
  2. to fence in, enclose

References

  • “ato” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Marathi आत्या (ātyā).

Pronunciation

Noun

ato

  1. paternal aunt
    Synonym: matant

Neapolitan

Etymology

Inherited from Latin alterum.

Pronunciation

  • (Naples) IPA(key): , (in sandhi)
    • (feminine) IPA(key): , (in sandhi)
  • (Castelmezzano) IPA(key):

Determiner

ato (feminine singular ata, plural ate)

  1. other

References

  • AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz – map 1444: “l'altro raccoglie” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
  • Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “ato-a”, in Schedario Napoletano
  • Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 80

Old Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of a +‎ oto. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (10th–15th CE) /atɔ/
  • IPA(key): (15th CE) /atɔ/

Particle

ato

  1. here!
    Synonym: oto
    • 1930 [Fifteenth century], “Gen”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎, 9, 9:
      Ato tez vstawyø (ecce ego statuam) slyub moy myedzy wamy a s waszym naszenym po was
      [Ato też ustawię (ecce ego statuam) ślub moj miedzy wami a z waszym nasienim po was]

Derived terms

particle

Descendants

  • Middle Polish: ato

References

Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ato. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ oto.

Pronunciation

Particle

ato

  1. (Middle Polish) here!
    Synonym: oto

Conjunction

ato

  1. (Middle Polish) and here
  2. (Middle Polish) and yet, however
  3. (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
    • 1588, Acta primi regiminis Sigismundi III‎, page 84:
      boscie nas tam czci poodsądzali, powiedział ato iako odaycie pokoy.

Related terms

conjunction/particle

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -atu
  • Hyphenation: a‧to

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin āctus, from agere. Doublet of auto.

Alternative forms

Noun

ato m (plural atos)

  1. act (deed)
  2. act (state of existence)
  3. act (process of doing something)
  4. act (division of theatrical performance)
  5. act (display of behaviour)
Related terms

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of atar

Rapa Nui

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qato, from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.

Verb

ato

  1. to roof; to put a roof on

References

  • “ato”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈato/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: a‧to

Verb

ato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of atar

See also

Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qato, from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.

Pronunciation

Noun

ato

  1. thatch
    Synonym: aʻu

Verb

ato

  1. to thatch

Votic

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian а то (a to).

Pronunciation

  • (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA(key): /ˈɑto/, , /ɑˈto/,
  • Rhymes: -ɑto, -o
  • Hyphenation: a‧to

Conjunction

ato

  1. or else, otherwise

References

  • Hallap, V., Adler, E., Grünberg, S., Leppik, M. (2012) “ato”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2nd edition, Tallinn

Welsh

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Alternative forms

Pronoun

ato

  1. (literary, colloquial) third-person singular masculine of at
  2. (colloquial) (South Wales) first-person singular of at

Etymology 2

Verb

ato

  1. Soft mutation of gato.

Mutation

Welsh mutation
radical soft nasal aspirate
gato ato ngato unchanged
Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs.

West Makian

Pronunciation

Noun

ato

  1. thatch

References

  • Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Ye'kwana

Pronunciation

Noun

ato (possessed atotü)

  1. Alternative form of a'to (“rope, twine, snell”)

Yuri

Alternative forms

Etymology

Compare Carabayo ao (“father”).

Noun

ato

  1. father

References

  • Seifart and Echeverri, Evidence for the Identification of Carabayo, the Language of an Uncontacted People of the Colombian Amazon, as Belonging to the Tikuna–Yurí Linguistic Family, PLoS ONE 9(4) (2014)
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