eto

See also: ETO, EtO, ēto, eto-, -eto, etɔ̃, and это

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Greek Alphabet

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Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἦτα (êta, “the letter Η”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈeto]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Hyphenation: e‧to

Noun

eto (accusative singular eton, plural etoj, accusative plural etojn)

1. eta

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Finnish

Etymology

Unknown. Related to Karelian eto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈeto/, [ˈe̞t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -eto
• Syllabification^(key): e‧to

Adjective

eto (not comparable)

1. (dialectal, attributive) damned, damn, puny, insignificant

Declension

Indeclinable.

Derived terms

• etoa

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Japanese

Romanization

eto

1. Rōmaji transcription of えーと

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Malagasy

Adverb

eto

1. here

   Tongasoa eto Madagasikara.

   Welcome to Madagascar.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

eto f

1. definite singular of etu

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Serbo-Croatian

Interjection

ȅto (Cyrillic spelling е̏то)

1. (genitive) look, see, behold

   Eto tamo! ― Look over there!

2. there, here

   Eto ga, gotov sam! ― There it is, I am done!

3. (by extension, contexual) over there, over here

   Eto ga tamo! ― It is over there!

References

• “eto”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

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Slovene

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /éːtɔ/, /ɛ́tɔ/

Interjection

ẹ̑to or ȅto

1. look, see, behold
2. there, there you go

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Tabaru

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈe.to]

Verb

eto

1. (stative, temporary) to be drunk

References

• Edward A. Kotynski (1988) “Tabaru phonology and morphology”, in Work Papers of the Summer Institute of Linguistics, University of North Dakota Session, volume 32, Summer Institute of Linguistics

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: e‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈʔeto/, [ˈʔɛː.t̪o]

Interjection

eto

1. Alternative form of heto: here! here it is!

See also

Tagalog demonstrative pronouns

	Direct (ang)	Indirect (ng)	Oblique (sa)	Locative (nasa)	Existential	Manner (gaya ng)
Near speaker*	ari/are, iri/ire/idi, yari**	nari/nare, niri/nire/nidi, niyari†	dini/dine	nandini, narini, nairi/naidi, naari	ere/eri, here/heri, ayri	ganari, ganiri, garini(garni), gayari†
Near speaker and listener*	ito	nito	dito	nandito, narito, naito**	heto, eto, ayto†	ganito, garito(garto)**
Near listener	iyan, yaan	niyan	diyan/diyaan	nandiyan/nandiyaan, nariyan(naryan), nayan/nayaan**, naiyan‡	hayan, ayan	ganiyan(ganyan), gay-an**, gariyan**
Remote	iyon, yoon, yaon†	niyon, noon, niyaon†	doon	nandoon, naron/naroon**, nayon/nayoon**, nayaon‡	hayon/hayun, ayon/ayun	ganoon, gayon, gay-on, gayoon‡,garoon‡
*These two series have merged in modern Tagalog. The first row is used in some dialects, the second row is used anywhere else. **These pronouns are used in some dialects. †These pronouns are not commonly used in casual speech but more prevalent in literature. ‡Rare in text.

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Welsh

Alternative forms

• etwaeth
• etto (obsolete)

Etymology

Reduced form of Middle Welsh eton, from Proto-Brythonic *edwon, from Proto-Celtic *eti-uɸo-nā.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈɛtɔ/
• Rhymes: -ɛtɔ

Adverb

eto

1. again
2. (in a negative or interrogative sentence) yet