cato

See also: Cato, CATO, cató, ćato, and Cató

Afar

Etymology

From caté (“to help”) +‎ -ó. Akin to Saho xato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ħaˈto/ [ħʌˈtɔ]
• Hyphenation: ca‧to

Noun

cató f

1. help
   • Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎^[1], Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 5:

     Diggah nanu Ni Rabbow koo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibuk koo caglisna, nanu ni-caagiidah inkih cato koo esserra.

     Our God, with strength we make you whole, only you we give [our] adoration, we as one ask you for help with our afairs.

Declension

Declension of cató
absolutive	cató
predicative	cató
subjective	cató
genitive	cató
Postpositioned forms l-case catól k-case catók t-case catót h-case catóh

Synonyms

• caráa

References

• E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “catò”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015), L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

Asturian

Verb

cato

1. first-person singular present indicative of catar

Galician

Verb

cato

1. first-person singular present indicative of catar

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.to]
• Homophone: Catō

Adjective

catō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of catus

Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.tu/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.tu/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈka.to/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈka.tu/

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: ca‧to

Etymology 1

Learned borrowing from taxonomic name Cactus, from Latin cactus (“cardoon”), from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”), of Pre-Greek origin.

cato

Alternative forms

• cacto (Brazil)
• cáctus

Noun

cato m (plural catos) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. cactus (any member of the family Cactaceae)

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

cato

1. first-person singular present indicative of catar

Further reading

• “cato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “cato”, in Dicionário infopédia da Lingua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2026
• “cato”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2026, →ISBN
• “cato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkato/ [ˈka.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: ca‧to

Verb

cato

1. first-person singular present indicative of catar

Tagalog

Noun

cató (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)

1. obsolete spelling of kato

Welsh

Alternative forms

• cadwo

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkatɔ/

Verb

cato

1. (literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of cadw

Mutation

Mutated forms of cato

radical	soft	nasal	aspirate
cato	gato	nghato	chato

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.