cato

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See also: Cato, CATO, cató, and Cató

Afar

Etymology

From caté (“to help”) +‎ -ó. Akin to Saho xato.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ħaˈto/,
  • Hyphenation: ca‧to

Noun

cató f 

  1. help
    • Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎, Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 5:
      Diggah nanu Ni Rabbow koo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibuk koo caglisna, nanu ni-caagiidah inkih cato koo esserra.
      Our God, with strength we make you whole, only you we give adoration, we as one ask you for help with our afairs.

Declension

Declension of cató
absolutive cató
predicative cató
subjective cató
genitive cató
Postpositioned forms
l-case catól
k-case catók
t-case catót
h-case catóh

Synonyms

References

  • E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “catò”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
  • Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎, Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asturian

Verb

cato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of catar

Galician

Verb

cato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of catar

Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

catō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of catus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -atu
  • Hyphenation: ca‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”), of Pre-Greek origin.

cato

Alternative forms

Noun

cato m (plural catos) (European spelling)

  1. cactus

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of catar

Further reading

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkato/
  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Syllabification: ca‧to

Verb

cato

  1. first-person singular present indicative of catar

Tagalog

Noun

cató (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)

  1. Obsolete spelling of kato

Welsh

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Verb

cato

  1. (literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of cadw

Mutation

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