ato

See also: ATO, ató, åto, atɔ, -ato, 'ato, atɔ̃, and ātõ

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

See also

Albanian personal pronouns

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

Related terms

Terms related to ato

• ata

• këta

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Asturian

Verb

ato

1. first-person singular present indicative of atar

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Cebuano

Alternative forms

• atoa

Pronoun

ato

1. ours

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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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Maori

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ato, from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.

Noun

ato

1. thatch

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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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Portuguese

Alternative forms

• acto (Portugal, superseded)

Etymology

Semi-learned term from Latin actus, from agere. Doublet of auto.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tu/
• Hyphenation: a‧to

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

• ata
• ação

Verb

ato

1. first-person singular (eu) present indicative of atar

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈato/, [ˈat̪o]

Verb

ato

1. First-person singular (yo) present indicative form of atar.

See also

• hato (homophone)

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Tongan

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *ato.

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.

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Yuri

Alternative forms

• atu, hato

Etymology

Compare Carabayo ao (“father”).

Noun

ato

1. father

Reference

• 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)