ato

See also: Appendix:Variations of "ato"

Albanian

Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *a-tā(s), compound of proclitic particle a and demonstrative tās, from Proto-Indo-European *téh₂es, feminine plural of *tód (“that (one)”) (compare Latin istud, English that).
The accusative is from Proto-Albanian *a-tā(s), from earlier *a-tā(n)s, from *téh₂ns, and older and dialectal varieties retain ablative asosh, acosh, from a + Proto-Albanian *tsjāsu, from *ḱjéh₂su, locative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this (one)”) (compare English he).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /aˈtɔ/

Pronoun

ato f pl (accusative ato, dative atyre, ablative atyre)

1. they

Declension

forms of ato

	ato (3rd person feminine plural)
nominative	ato
ablative	atyre / tyre
	full form	clitic
accusative	ato	i
dative	atyre	u
	possessive adjective	possessive pronoun
	i tyre	i tyri

Related terms

• ata
• këta

 

See also

Albanian personal pronouns

		singular	plural
1st person		unë	ne
2nd person		ti	ju
3rd person	masculine	ai	ata
	feminine	ajo	ato

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Asturian

Verb

ato

1. first-person singular present indicative of atar

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

• atoa

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔato/, [ˈʔa.t̪ʊ]
• Hyphenation: a‧to

Pronoun

ato

1. ours

Determiner

ato

1. our

See also

Cebuano personal pronouns

Person	Number	Absolute (ang/si)		Ergative (sa/ni)		Ergative (preposed)	Oblique (sa/og)
Length		Full	Short	Full	Short	Full	Full	Short
First	singular	ako	ko*	nako	ko	ako/akoa	kanako	nako
	plural inclusive	kita	ta	nato	ta	ato/atoa	kanato	nato
	plural exclusive	kami	mi	namo	mo	amo/amoa	kanamo	namo
Second	singular	ikaw	ka	nimo	mo	imo/imoha	kanimo	nimo
	plural	kamo	ka	ninyo		inyo/inyoha	kaninyo	ninyo
Third	singular	siya		niya		iya/iyaha	kaniya	niya
	plural	sila		nila		ila/ilaha	kanila	nila
*Ta is used over ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.

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Ede Idaca

Etymology

Compare with Yoruba òtò (Èkìtì)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /à.tò/

Noun

àtò

1. monkey

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Isnag

Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *(w)asu.

Noun

áto

1. dog (animal)

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Japanese

Romanization

ato

1. Rōmaji transcription of あと

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Ligurian

Alternative forms

• âto (Grafîa ofiçiâ)

Etymology

From Latin altus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈaː.tu/

Adjective

ato (feminine singular ata, masculine plural ati, feminine plural ate)

1. tall
2. high

Synonyms

• erto

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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qato, from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.to/

Verb

ato (passive atohia or atotia or atoa)

1. to thatch

   I taua moutere ka atohia ngā whare ki ngā rau o te niu. (PK 2008:40)

   On that island the houses are thatched with the leaves of the coconut tree.

2. to fence in, enclose

References

• “ato” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori-English, English-Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

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Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From Marathi आत्या (ātyā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ato/

Noun

ato

1. paternal aunt

   Synonym: matant

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Old Polish

Etymology

Univerbation of a +‎ oto. First attested in 1455.

Particle

ato

1. here!

   Synonym: oto

Derived terms

particle

• atoć

 

Descendants

• Polish: ato

References

• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, editor (2011–2015), “ato”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

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Polish

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ato. By surface analysis, a univerbation of a +‎ oto. First attested in 1455.

Particle

ato

1. (Middle Polish) here!

   Synonym: oto

Conjunction

ato

1. (Middle Polish) and here
2. (Middle Polish) and yet, however
3. (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
   • 1588, Acta primi regiminis Sigismundi III‎^[1], page 84:

     boscie nas tam czci poodsądzali, powiedział ato iako odaycie pokoy.

Related terms

conjunction/particle

• atoć

 

Further reading

• “ato”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807-1814), “ato”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “ato”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “a to”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 68

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: a‧to

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin āctus, from agere. Doublet of auto.

Alternative forms

• acto (pre-1990 spelling)

Noun

ato m (plural atos)

1. act (deed)
2. act (state of existence)
3. act (process of doing something)
4. act (division of theatrical performance)
5. act (display of behaviour)

Related terms

• ação
• ata

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

ato

1. first-person singular present indicative of atar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈato/ [ˈa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: a‧to

Verb

ato

1. first-person singular present indicative of atar

See also

• hato (homophone)

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Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.to/

Noun

ato

1. thatch

   Synonym: aʻu

Verb

ato

1. To thatch

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Welsh

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈatɔ/

Etymology 1

Pronoun

ato

1. third-person singular masculine of at

Etymology 2

Verb

ato

1. Soft mutation of gato.

Mutation

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

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West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.t̪o/

Noun

ato

1. thatch

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[2], Pacific linguistics

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Yuri

Alternative forms

• atu, hato

Etymology

Compare Carabayo ao (“father”).

Noun

ato

1. father

References

• Seifart and Echeverri, Evidence for the Identification of Carabayo, the Language of an Uncontacted People of the Colombian Amazon, as Belonging to the Tikuna–Yurí Linguistic Family, PLoS ONE 9(4) (2014)