oto

See also: Appendix:Variations of "oto"

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Translingual

Symbol

oto

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-5 language code for Oto-Pamean languages.

English

Etymology

Clipping of otocinclus.

Noun

oto (plural otos)

1. (informal, fishkeeping) An otocinclus (freshwater fish, genus Otocinclus).
   • 1998 January 24, LASP, “Dead tetras”, in rec.aquaria.freshwater.misc‎^[2] (Usenet):

     All the tetras in my tank (3 species - black neons, Pristellas, and red eyes) died within a 36 hour period. The corys and otos in the same tank are fine.
     There was no change in water quality, feeding habits, or water temperature. I have no idea why all the tets would die in such a short time span.

Derived terms

• dwarf oto
• tiger oto (Otocinclus cocama)
• zebra oto (Otocinclus cocama)

Anagrams

• OoT, oot, too

Ambonese Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch automobiel (“automobile, car”), from French automobile.

Noun

oto

1. car

References

• D. Takaria, C. Pieter (1998), Kamus Bahasa Melayu Ambon-Indonesia‎^[3], Pusat Pembinaan dan Pengembangan Bahasa

Eastern Bontoc

Noun

oto

1. waterfall

Esperanto

Etymology

Ultimately from Ancient Greek ὠτ- (ōt-), from the root οὖς (oûs, “ear”). Compare English ot-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoto/
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: o‧to

Noun

oto (accusative singular oton, plural otoj, accusative plural otojn)

1. (anatomy, sciences) ear (chiefly in compounds)

Synonyms

• orelo

Derived terms

• ota (“related to the ear”)
• otalgio (“otalgia, earache”)
• otito (“otitis”)
• otologio (“otology”)
• otoskopio (“otoscopy”)
• otoskopo (“otoscope”)

Gun

Òtó ɖòkpó

Alternative forms

• tó

Etymology

From Proto-Gbe *-tó. Cognates include Fon tó, Saxwe Gbe otó, Aja (West Africa) eto, Ewe eto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.tó/, /ō.tó/

Noun

òtó or otó (plural òtó lɛ́ or òtó lẹ́ or otó lɛ́ or otó lẹ́)

1. ear

Indonesian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈɔto]
• Hyphenation: oto

Etymology 1

Clipping of otomobil, from Dutch automobiel (“car”).

Noun

oto (plural oto-oto)

1. (dated or regional) car; automobile (a vehicle steered by a driver)

   Synonyms: automobil, mobil, otomobil

Etymology 2

From Hokkien 圍兜 / 围兜 (û-to͘, “bib”).

Noun

oto

1. bib (item of clothing for babies)

Further reading

• “oto”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

Japanese

Romanization

oto

1. Rōmaji transcription of おと

Kupang Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch automobiel (“automobile, car”), from French automobile.

Noun

oto

1. car

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈoː.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈɔː.to]

Noun

ōtō

1. dative/ablative singular of ōtus

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Inherited from French auto (“car”). Compare Mauritian Creole loto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /oˈto/
• Rhymes: -o

Noun

oto

1. (a) car

   Synonyms: òdomobìl, shar

Makasar

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoto/, [ˈɔ.t̪ʰɔ]
• Hyphenation: o‧to

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

oto (Lontara spelling ᨕᨚᨈᨚ)

1. A cloth covering the chest and abdomen of a child.

Etymology 2

From Dutch auto (“car”).

Noun

oto (Lontara spelling ᨕᨚᨈᨚ)

1. car; automobile (a vehicle steered by a driver)

Derived terms

Affixations

• aʼoto
• oto-oto
• paoto

Compounds

• oto lompo

Related terms

• paraʼoto (truck, lorry)

Further reading

• Cense, A. A. (1979), Makassaars-Nederlands woordenboek, 's-Gravenhage: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN

Manado Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch automobiel (“automobile, car”), from French automobile.

Noun

oto

1. car

References

• Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara (2021), Kamus Dwibahasa Melayu Manado-Indonesia (in Indonesian), Manado: Balai Bahasa Provinsi Sulawesi Utara

Minangkabau

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch automobiel (“automobile, car”), from French automobile.

Noun

oto

1. car

Norwegian Nynorsk

Alternative forms

• tu, otor, tur, to, tor

Etymology

Rebracketing of ut and or. See also på, poinni and tå.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /uːtu/

Preposition

oto

1. (dialectal) alternative form of ut or (“from, out of”)
   • 1901, A. Chr. Bang, Norske Hexeformularer og magiske Opskrifter:

     Vor Herre rei ivi Rønnings Hei, Foten oto Le'e skrei (quote after Jørgen Moe's notes, 1847)

     Our Lord was riding over the Rønningsheia, (and) the foot (of his horse or donkey) went out of the joint

Old Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ab

Proto-Slavic *o(b)

Old Polish o

Proto-Indo-European *só

Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas

Proto-Slavic *tъ

Proto-Slavic *to

Old Polish to

univ.

Old Polish oto

Univerbation of o + to. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (10^th–15^th CE) /ɔtɔ/
• IPA^(key): (15^th CE) /ɔtɔ/

Particle

oto

1. (attested in Greater Poland) used to indicate what the speaker will say or has said
   • 1930 [c. 1455], “Gen”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎^{transliteration, transcription}, 1, 29:

     Y rzekl bog: Oto dalesm (ecce dedi) wam wszelkye szele

     [Y rzekł Bog: Oto dałeśm (ecce dedi) wam wszelkie ziele]

   • 1965 [1456], Mikołaj z Pawłowic, edited by Henryk Kowalewicz, Średniowieczne zabytki języka polskiego w zbiorach Biblioteki Uniwersyteckiej w Poznaniu. Polskie glosy i zapiski z rękopisów 1728, 1732, 1752, Zeszyty Naukowe UAM, Greater Poland, page 97:

     Cepit... cum ea rixari dicens: Heccine sunt premia, otho sza twe odplathy, domina

     [Cepit... cum ea rixari dicens: Heccine sunt premia, oto są twe odpłaty, domina]

   • 1901 [Middle of the 15th century], Materiały i Prace Komisji Językowej Akademii Umiejętności w Krakowie, volume V, page 425:

     Oto [...] [mo]ya (ecce filia mea)

     [Oto [...] [mo]ja (ecce filia mea)]

Descendants

• Polish: oto

References

• Mańczak, Witold (2017), “oto”, in Polski słownik etymologiczny (in Polish), Kraków: Polska Akademia Umiejętności, →ISBN
• Bańkowski, Andrzej (2000), “oto”, in Etymologiczny słownik języka polskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Polish Language] (in Polish)
• B. Sieradzka-Baziur, Ewa Deptuchowa, Joanna Duska, Mariusz Frodyma, Beata Hejmo, Dorota Janeczko, Katarzyna Jasińska, Krystyna Kajtoch, Joanna Kozioł, Marian Kucała, Dorota Mika, Gabriela Niemiec, Urszula Poprawska, Elżbieta Supranowicz, Ludwika Szelachowska-Winiarzowa, Zofia Wanicowa, Piotr Szpor, Bartłomiej Borek, editors (2011–2015), “oto”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Old Spanish

Etymology

From Latin altus. Eventually replaced by the form alto, which has more learned influence.

Adjective

oto

1. high
2. tall

Synonyms

• alto

Related terms

• otero

Descendants

• Spanish: oto (obsolete but found in toponyms and some derived words)
• Spanish: otear

Papuan Malay

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch automobiel (“automobile, car”), from French automobile.

Noun

oto

1. car

Polish

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *h₃ebʰi

Proto-Balto-Slavic *ab

Proto-Slavic *o(b)

Old Polish o

Proto-Indo-European *só

Proto-Balto-Slavic *tas

Proto-Slavic *tъ

Proto-Slavic *to

Old Polish to

univ.

Old Polish oto

Polish oto

Inherited from Old Polish oto. By surface analysis, univerbation of o +‎ to.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.tɔ/

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈɔ.tɔ/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -ɔtɔ
• Syllabification: o‧to

Particle

oto

1. used to indicate what the speaker will say or has said

   Synonym: to

   Niestety taki oto wizerunek dobra i miłości serwują nam środki masowego przekazu. ― Unfortunately, this is how goodness and love are presented by the mass media.

   Tu oto zaczynają się trudności. ― This is where the difficulties begin.

2. used to show that what one will say next is a presentation of what they have said before

   Synonym: otóż

   Nie był to jednak koniec wrażeń. Oto bowiem pielęgniarka podeszła z zastrzykiem do mnie. ― However, this was not the end of it. For behold, a nurse approached me with an injection.

3. used to summarize a previous statement
4. used to say something was the best of its kind; now that's...

Pronoun

oto n

1. used to point to the object to which the sentence refers

   Synonym: to

   Oto coś na ciepło: bulion z żółtkiem i szparagi. ― Here's something hot: broth with egg yolk and asparagus.

Trivia

According to Słownik frekwencyjny polszczyzny współczesnej (1990), oto is one of the most used words in Polish, appearing 19 times in scientific texts, 11 times in news, 16 times in essays, 19 times in fiction, and 13 times in plays, each out of a corpus of 100,000 words, totaling 78 times, making it the 823rd most common word in a corpus of 500,000 words.

Further reading

• oto in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• oto in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• Maria Renata Mayenowa; Stanisław Rospond; Witold Taszycki; Stefan Hrabec; Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023), “oto”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814), “oto”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861), “oto”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1904), “oto”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 3, Warsaw, page 902
• oto in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Sardinian

Sardinian cardinal numbers

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Cardinal : oto

Alternative forms

• otto

Etymology

From Latin octō, from Proto-Italic *oktō, from Proto-Indo-European *oḱtṓw.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈotto/

Numeral

oto

1. eight

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈoto/ [ˈo.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: o‧to

Verb

oto

1. first-person singular present indicative of otar

Sranan Tongo

Etymology

Borrowed from Dutch auto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.to/

Noun

oto

1. car, automobile

   Synonym: wagi

Tagalog

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔoto/ [ˈʔoː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -oto
• Syllabification: o‧to

Noun

oto (Baybayin spelling ᜂᜆᜓ)

1. alternative form of awto

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from French auto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [oto]
• Hyphenation: o‧to

Noun

oto (definite accusative otoyu, plural otolar)

1. clipping of otomobil (auto, car)

Declension

Declension of oto

singular plural nominative oto otolar definite accusative otoyu otoları dative otoya otolara locative otoda otolarda ablative otodan otolardan genitive otonun otoların Possessive forms nominative singular plural 1st singular otom otolarım 2nd singular oton otoların 3rd singular otosu otoları 1st plural otomuz otolarımız 2nd plural otonuz otolarınız 3rd plural otoları otoları definite accusative singular plural 1st singular otomu otolarımı 2nd singular otonu otolarını 3rd singular otosunu otolarını 1st plural otomuzu otolarımızı 2nd plural otonuzu otolarınızı 3rd plural otolarını otolarını dative singular plural 1st singular otoma otolarıma 2nd singular otona otolarına 3rd singular otosuna otolarına 1st plural otomuza otolarımıza 2nd plural otonuza otolarınıza 3rd plural otolarına otolarına locative singular plural 1st singular otomda otolarımda 2nd singular otonda otolarında 3rd singular otosunda otolarında 1st plural otomuzda otolarımızda 2nd plural otonuzda otolarınızda 3rd plural otolarında otolarında ablative singular plural 1st singular otomdan otolarımdan 2nd singular otondan otolarından 3rd singular otosundan otolarından 1st plural otomuzdan otolarımızdan 2nd plural otonuzdan otolarınızdan 3rd plural otolarından otolarından genitive singular plural 1st singular otomun otolarımın 2nd singular otonun otolarının 3rd singular otosunun otolarının 1st plural otomuzun otolarımızın 2nd plural otonuzun otolarınızın 3rd plural otolarının otolarının Predicative forms singular plural 1st singular otoyum otolarım 2nd singular otosun otolarsın 3rd singular oto otodur otolar otolardır 1st plural otoyuz otolarız 2nd plural otosunuz otolarsınız 3rd plural otolar otolardır

See also

• araba

Venetan

Etymology

From Latin octō. Compare Italian otto.

Numeral

oto

1. eight

Adjective

oto

1. eighth

Walloon

Etymology

Borrowed from French auto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɔ.tɔ/

Noun

oto ? (plural otos)

1. car

   Synonym: vweteure

West Makian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈo.t̪o/

Verb

oto

1. (intransitive) to cough

Conjugation

Conjugation of oto (action verb)

		singular	plural
			inclusive	exclusive
1st person		tooto	mooto	aoto
2nd person		nooto	footo
3rd person	inanimate	ioto	dooto
	animate
imperative		nooto, oto	footo, oto

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982), The Makian languages and their neighbours‎^[4], Pacific linguistics

Wolof

Etymology

From French auto.

Noun

oto (definite form oto bi)

1. car, vehicle

References

Omar Ka (2018), Nanu Dégg Wolof, National African Language Resource Center, →ISBN, page 258

Yoruba

Etymology

Compare with Ede Idaca àtò, Yoruba àtò (Owe), Fon àtò, proposed to be derived from Proto-Yoruba *à-tò

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ò.tò/

Noun

òtò

1. (Ekiti) a general word for any of the various species of monkey

   Synonyms: ẹdụn, ọ̀bọ

Usage notes

• See ọ̀bọ for a list of more specific monkeys