tao

See also: tāo, táo, tǎo, tào, and tạo

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• dao

Etymology

From Sinitic 道 (dào; Wade-Giles tao) ‘way, path’.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /daʊ/, /taʊ/
• Rhymes: -aʊ

Noun

tao (uncountable)

1. (Taoism) The essential principle underlying existence; ultimate reality.
2. (Confucianism) The way or path to be followed.

Translations

in Taoism, the essential principle underlying existence; ultimate reality

• Russian: дао (ru) (dáo)

in Confucanism, the way or the path to be followed

• Russian: дао (ru) (dáo)

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Translations to be checked

• Chinese: 道 (dào)
• Finnish: tao (fi)

• Hungarian: tao (hu)

See also

• ananke

Anagrams

• AOT
• ATO
• oat

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Finnish

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ɑ.oˣ]
• Hyphenation: ta‧o

Verb

tao

1. Indicative present connegative form of takoa.
2. Second person singular imperative present form of takoa.
3. Second person singular imperative present connegative form of takoa.

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈt̪ɑ.o]
• Hyphenation: ta‧o

Noun

tao

1. tao

Declension

Inflection of tao (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)

		singular	plural
nominative		tao	—
accusative	nom.?	tao	—
	gen.	taon
genitive		taon	—
partitive		taoa	—
inessive		taossa	—
elative		taosta	—
illative		taoon	—
adessive		taolla	—
ablative		taolta	—
allative		taolleˣ	—
essive		taona	—
translative		taoksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		taotta	—
comitative		—	—

Anagrams

• oat
• ota

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Hungarian

Etymology

From Sinitic 道 (dào, “way, path”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈtɒo/

Noun

tao

1. tao

Derived terms

• taoista
• taoizmus

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Ilocano

Noun

tao

1. person
2. human

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Japanese

Romanization

tao

1. rōmaji reading of たお

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Malagasy

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [to]

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian. Compare Indonesian taruh

Verb

tao

1. to do
2. to arm, take precautions

Related terms

	Focus (Voice)
Agent (Active)	man-form: manao
	mi-form: mitao
	om-form: --
Patient (Passive)	--
	alternate: --
	a-form: atao
	voa-form: voatao
	tafa-form: --
Goal (Relative)	an-form: anaovana
	i-form: itaovana

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Mandarin

Romanization

tao

1. Nonstandard spelling of tāo.
2. Nonstandard spelling of táo.
3. Nonstandard spelling of tǎo.
4. Nonstandard spelling of tào.

Usage notes

• English transcriptions of Mandarin speech often fail to distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without the appropriate indication of tone.

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Maori

Noun

tao

1. spear

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Samoan

Noun

tao

1. spear

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Tagalog

Pronunciation

• tah'-oh

Noun

tao

1. person
2. human

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Vietnamese

Pronunciation

• (Hà Nội) IPA ^(key): /taːw˧˧/
• (Huế) IPA ^(key): /taːw˧˧/
• (Hồ Chí Minh City) IPA ^(key): /taːw˧˥/

Pronoun

tao

1. I, me