kato

See also: Kato, katõ, katō, Katō, -kato, and -ka'to

'Are'are

Noun

kato

1. basket

References

• Kateřina Naitoro, A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (2013)

Cebuano

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧to
• IPA^(key): /ˈkato/, [ˈka.t̪ʊ]

Etymology 1

Compare with kuto.

Noun

kato

1. dog tick

Etymology 2

Unknown.

Adverb

kato

1. that

   Synonym: kadto

Esperanto

Pluraj rasoj de katoj

Etymology

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈkato]
• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: ka‧to

Noun

kato (accusative singular katon, plural katoj, accusative plural katojn)

1. cat

   Hypernym: feliso (“member of the Felis genus”)

   Hyponyms: kateto (“a small cat”), (neologism) katiĉo (“a tom”), katido (“a kitten”), katino (“a female cat”), (idiomatic) virkato (“a tom”)

   Meronym: kataĵo (“cat meat”)

   Holonym: kataro (“a clowder of cats”)

Derived terms

• katherbo (“catnip”)
• mustelkato (“a stone-marten”)

Finnish

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *kato, from the same root as *katodak (see kadota).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑto/, [ˈkɑ̝t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧to

Noun

kato

1. failure of crops
2. loss, disappearance, lack (used primarily in compound terms)

   yleisökato ― lack or loss of audience

Declension

Inflection of kato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
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
instructive		—	kadoin
abessive		kadotta	kadoitta
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kato (type valo)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative katoni katoni accusative nom. katoni katoni gen. katoni genitive katoni katojeni partitive katoani katojani inessive kadossani kadoissani elative kadostani kadoistani illative katooni katoihini adessive kadollani kadoillani ablative kadoltani kadoiltani allative kadolleni kadoilleni essive katonani katoinani translative kadokseni kadoikseni instructive — — abessive kadottani kadoittani comitative — katoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative katosi katosi accusative nom. katosi katosi gen. katosi genitive katosi katojesi partitive katoasi katojasi inessive kadossasi kadoissasi elative kadostasi kadoistasi illative katoosi katoihisi adessive kadollasi kadoillasi ablative kadoltasi kadoiltasi allative kadollesi kadoillesi essive katonasi katoinasi translative kadoksesi kadoiksesi instructive — — abessive kadottasi kadoittasi comitative — katoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative katomme katomme accusative nom. katomme katomme gen. katomme genitive katomme katojemme partitive katoamme katojamme inessive kadossamme kadoissamme elative kadostamme kadoistamme illative katoomme katoihimme adessive kadollamme kadoillamme ablative kadoltamme kadoiltamme allative kadollemme kadoillemme essive katonamme katoinamme translative kadoksemme kadoiksemme instructive — — abessive kadottamme kadoittamme comitative — katoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative katonne katonne accusative nom. katonne katonne gen. katonne genitive katonne katojenne partitive katoanne katojanne inessive kadossanne kadoissanne elative kadostanne kadoistanne illative katoonne katoihinne adessive kadollanne kadoillanne ablative kadoltanne kadoiltanne allative kadollenne kadoillenne essive katonanne katoinanne translative kadoksenne kadoiksenne instructive — — abessive kadottanne kadoittanne comitative — katoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative katonsa katonsa accusative nom. katonsa katonsa gen. katonsa genitive katonsa katojensa partitive katoaan katoansa katojaan katojansa inessive kadossaan kadossansa kadoissaan kadoissansa elative kadostaan kadostansa kadoistaan kadoistansa illative katoonsa katoihinsa adessive kadollaan kadollansa kadoillaan kadoillansa ablative kadoltaan kadoltansa kadoiltaan kadoiltansa allative kadolleen kadollensa kadoilleen kadoillensa essive katonaan katonansa katoinaan katoinansa translative kadokseen kadoksensa kadoikseen kadoiksensa instructive — — abessive kadottaan kadottansa kadoittaan kadoittansa comitative — katoineen katoinensa

Derived terms

• kadota (verb)

Compounds

• immuunikato
• karvakato
• katoalue
• katokorvaus
• katovahinko
• katovuosi
• kulmakarvakato
• luukato
• otsonikato
• perikato
• silmäripsikato
• väestökato
• yleisökato

 

Etymology 2

A dialectal or colloquial 2nd person imperative present of katsoa (“to look”). The corresponding infinitive is kattoa.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkɑtoˣ/, [ˈkɑ̝t̪o̞(ʔ)]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Syllabification^(key): ka‧to

Verb

kato

1. (colloquial) look!

   Kato, tuolla on George! — Look, there's George!

2. (colloquial) see (used often with ny)

   Kato ny, mähän sanoin. — See, I told you so.

Synonyms

• katso
• ka (colloquial)

Interjection

kato

1. (colloquial) see or look.

   Se on kato sillä lailla.

   See, that’s the way it is.

   Kato nääs! or Kato kato!

   Literally: Look, look!. Uttered in surprise, not necessarily telling anyone to look anywhere.

   Kato nääs, säkin olet saapunut paikalle.

   Lo and behold, you have arrived on the scene, too.

   ...kato nääs. or ...kato.

   ...you see. (At the end of a sentence)

Synonyms

• katsos, näet, nimittäin

See also

• niinku
• nääs
• tiäksä

Anagrams

• kota, toka

Ido

Etymology

Borrowed from Esperanto kato, Latin cattus, English cat, French chat, German Katze, Italian gatto, Russian кот (kot), Spanish gato.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkato/
• Rhymes: -ato

Noun

kato (plural kati)

1. cat

Japanese

Romanization

kato

1. Rōmaji transcription of かと

Maori

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ka.to/, [kɐ.tɔ]

Noun

kato

1. flow
2. current

Adjective

kato

1. flowing (of the tide)
2. flooding (of the tide)

Niuean

Noun

kato

1. basket

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative forms

• 𑀓𑀢𑁄 (Brahmi script)
• कतो (Devanagari script)
• কতো (Bengali script)
• කතො (Sinhalese script)
• ကတော or ၵတေႃ (Burmese script)
• กโต or กะโต (Thai script)
• ᨠᨲᩮᩣ (Tai Tham script)
• ກໂຕ or ກະໂຕ (Lao script)
• កតោ (Khmer script)
• 𑄇𑄖𑄮 (Chakma script)

Adjective

kato

1. nominative singular masculine of kata, which is past participle of karoti (“to do”)

Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈka.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -atɔ
• Syllabification: ka‧to

Noun

kato f

1. vocative singular of kata

Tagalog

Alternative forms

• cato – obsolete, Spanish-based orthography

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ka‧to
• IPA^(key): /kaˈtoʔ/, [kɐˈtoʔ]

Noun

katô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)

1. blood-sucking mite or tick that commonly infects animals like horses or cows
2. (figuratively) spurt of mischief or naughtiness

Further reading

• “kato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila: Komisyon sa Wikang Filipino, 2018