kato

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See also: Kato, katõ, katō, Katō, -kato, and -ka'to

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Noun

kato

  1. basket

References

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Compare with kuto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈkato/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧to

Noun

kato (Badlit spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)

  1. dog tick

Etymology 2

From kadto.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kaˈto/
  • Hyphenation: ka‧to

Adverb

kató (Badlit spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)

  1. Alternative form of kadto (that away from us)

See also

Esperanto

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kato

Etymology

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

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  • Rhymes: -ato
  • Hyphenation: ka‧to

Noun

kato (accusative singular katon, plural katoj, accusative plural katojn)

  1. cat
    Hypernym: feliso (member of the Felis genus)
    Hyponyms: kateto (a small cat), (neologism) katiĉo (a tom), katido (a kitten), katino (a female cat), (idiomatic) virkato (a tom)
    Holonym: kataro (a clowder of cats)
    Meronym: kataĵo (cat meat)

Derived terms

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kato, from the same root as *katodak (see kadota).

Pronunciation

Noun

kato

  1. crop failure, failure of crops
    Synonym: viljakato
  2. loss, disappearance, lack (used primarily in compound terms)
    yleisökatolack or loss of audience
Declension
Inflection of kato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
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.
Possessive forms of kato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative katoni katoni
accusative nom. katoni katoni
gen. katoni
genitive katoni katojeni
partitive katoani katojani
inessive kadossani kadoissani
elative kadostani kadoistani
illative katooni katoihini
adessive kadollani kadoillani
ablative kadoltani kadoiltani
allative kadolleni kadoilleni
essive katonani katoinani
translative kadokseni kadoikseni
abessive kadottani kadoittani
instructive
comitative katoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative katosi katosi
accusative nom. katosi katosi
gen. katosi
genitive katosi katojesi
partitive katoasi katojasi
inessive kadossasi kadoissasi
elative kadostasi kadoistasi
illative katoosi katoihisi
adessive kadollasi kadoillasi
ablative kadoltasi kadoiltasi
allative kadollesi kadoillesi
essive katonasi katoinasi
translative kadoksesi kadoiksesi
abessive kadottasi kadoittasi
instructive
comitative katoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative katomme katomme
accusative nom. katomme katomme
gen. katomme
genitive katomme katojemme
partitive katoamme katojamme
inessive kadossamme kadoissamme
elative kadostamme kadoistamme
illative katoomme katoihimme
adessive kadollamme kadoillamme
ablative kadoltamme kadoiltamme
allative kadollemme kadoillemme
essive katonamme katoinamme
translative kadoksemme kadoiksemme
abessive kadottamme kadoittamme
instructive
comitative katoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative katonne katonne
accusative nom. katonne katonne
gen. katonne
genitive katonne katojenne
partitive katoanne katojanne
inessive kadossanne kadoissanne
elative kadostanne kadoistanne
illative katoonne katoihinne
adessive kadollanne kadoillanne
ablative kadoltanne kadoiltanne
allative kadollenne kadoillenne
essive katonanne katoinanne
translative kadoksenne kadoiksenne
abessive kadottanne kadoittanne
instructive
comitative katoinenne
Derived terms
compounds

Further reading

Etymology 2

A dialectal or colloquial 2nd person imperative present of katsoa (to look). The corresponding infinitive is kattoa.

Pronunciation

Verb

kato

  1. (colloquial) look!
    Kato, tuolla on George!Look, there's George!
  2. (colloquial) see (used often with ny)
    Kato ny, mähän sanoin.See, I told you so.
Synonyms

Interjection

kato (colloquial)

  1. 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

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Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto katoLatin cattusEnglish catFrench chatGerman KatzeItalian gattoRussian кот (kot)Spanish gato.

Pronunciation

Noun

kato (plural kati)

  1. cat

Japanese

Romanization

kato

  1. Rōmaji transcription of かと

Maori

Pronunciation

IPA(key): /ka.to/,

Noun

kato

  1. flow
  2. current

Adjective

kato

  1. flowing (of the tide)
  2. flooding (of the tide)

Niuean

Noun

kato

  1. basket

Pali

Alternative forms

Adjective

kato

  1. nominative singular masculine of kata, which is past participle of karoti (to do)

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈka.tɔ/
  • Rhymes: -atɔ
  • Syllabification: ka‧to

Noun

kato f

  1. vocative singular of kata

Tagalog

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

katô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)

  1. blood-sucking mite or tick that commonly infects animals like horses or cows
  2. (figurative) spurt of mischief or naughtiness
    Synonyms: kapilyuhan, kalokohan
  3. (pathology) cyst in animal flesh
    Synonyms: kiste, kisto
  4. synonym of balukanag

Derived terms

See also

Further reading

  • kato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

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