kato
Compare with kuto.
kato (Badlit spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)
From kadto.
kató (Badlit spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)
Direct* | Indirect* | Oblique | Locative | Allative | Existential** | Interjection** | Manner** | ||||||
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Full | Short | Full | Short | Full | Short | Full | Short | Full | Short | ||||
Near speaker*** | karí kirí |
ri | niari niiri |
ari iri |
kan-ari† kan-iri† |
dirí | ngarí | adia | dia | diará | dará | ingon ari | Ø |
Near speaker and listener*** | kaní kiní |
ni | niani niini |
ani ini |
kan-ani† kan-ini† |
dinhi | nganhi | ania | nia | niará | Ø | ingon ani | ing-ani in-ani |
Near listener | kanâ | nà | nianà | anà | kan-anà† | dinhà dirâ |
nganhà ngarâ |
anaa | naa | naará | nará | ingon anà | ing-anà in-anà |
Remote | kadto kató |
to | niadto niato |
adto ato |
kan-adto† | didto | ngadto | atua | tua | tuará | turá | ingon adto ingon ato |
ing-ato in-ato |
†Archaic *When the demonstrative is used as a predicate, the full form must be used. Short forms never start sentences. **Full and short forms used interchangeably. Full forms may be more formal, while short forms may be more colloquial. ***These two series may be conflated in colloquial Cebuano. |
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.
kato (accusative singular katon, plural katoj, accusative plural katojn)
From Proto-Finnic *kato, from the same root as *katodak (see kadota).
kato
Inflection of kato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation) | |||
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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. |
A dialectal or colloquial 2nd person imperative present of katsoa (“to look”). The corresponding infinitive is kattoa.
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kato (colloquial)
Borrowed from Esperanto kato, Latin cattus, English cat, French chat, German Katze, Italian gatto, Russian кот (kot), Spanish gato.
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katô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)