kato

'Are'are

Noun

kato

1. basket

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Compare with kuto.

Noun

kato

1. dog tick

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Adverb

kato

1. that

   Synonym: kadto

Esperanto

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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

• IPA^(key):
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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

• katherbo (“catnip”)
• mustelkato (“a stone-marten”)

Finnish

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑto/,
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧to

Noun

kato

1. failure of crops
2. loss, disappearance, lack (used primarily in compound terms)

   yleisökato ― lack or loss of audience

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

• kadota

Further reading

• “kato”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎ (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-01

Etymology 2

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑtoˣ/,
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧to

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

• katso
• ka (colloquial)

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

• katsos, näet, nimittäin

See also

• niinku
• nääs
• tiäksä

Anagrams

• kota, toka

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto kato, Latin cattus, English cat, French chat, German Katze, Italian gatto, Russian кот (kot), Spanish gato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkato/
• Rhymes: -ato

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

• cato — obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈtoʔ/,
• Hyphenation: ka‧to

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