kato

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

'Are'are

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kato/
• Hyphenation: ka‧to

Noun

kato

1. basket

References

• Naitoro, Kateřina (2013) A Sketch Grammar of 'Are'are: The Sound System and Morpho-Syntax (Thesis)‎^[1], Christchurch, New Zealand: University of Canterbury, archived from the original on 2017-11-28

Cebuano

Etymology 1

Compare with kuto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkato/ [ˈkaː.t̪o]
• Hyphenation: ka‧to

Noun

kato (Badlit spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)

1. dog tick

Etymology 2

From kadto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kaˈto/ [kaˈt̪o]
• Hyphenation: ka‧to

Adverb

kató (Badlit spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)

1. alternative form of kadto (“that away from us”)

See also

Cebuano demonstrative pronouns

	direct*		indirect*		oblique	locative	allative	existential**		destination	interjection**		manner**
	full	short	full	short				full	short		full	short	full	short
near speaker***	kirí karí	ri	niiri niari	iri ari	kan-ari† kan-iri†	dirí	ngarí	adia	dia	arí	diará	dará	ingon iri ingon ari	ing-ari in-ari
near speaker and listener***	kiní kaní	ni	niini niani	ini ani	kan-ani† kan-ini†	dinhi	nganhi	ania	nia	anhi	niará	nará	ingon ini ingon ani	ing-ani in-ani
near listener	kanâ	nà	nianà	anà	kan-anà†	dinhà dirâ	nganhà ngarâ	anaa	naa	anhà	naará	nará	ingon anà	ing-anà in-anà
remote	kadto kató	to	niadto niato	adto ato	kan-adto†	didto	ngadto	atua	tua	adto	tuará	turá	ingon adto ingon ato	ing-ato in-ato

^† Archaic
* When the demonstrative is used as a predicate, the full form must be used. Short forms never start sentences.
** Full and short forms used interchangeably. Full forms may be more formal, while short forms may be more colloquial.
*** These two series may be conflated in colloquial Cebuano.

Esperanto

kato

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, Spanish gato, German Katze, Polish kot.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈkato/

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• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: 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”)

   Holonym: kataro (“a clowder of cats”)

   Meronym: kataĵo (“cat meat”)

Derived terms

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

Further reading

• “kato”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “kato”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

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
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧to

Noun

kato

1. crop failure, failure of crops

   Synonym: viljakato

2. loss, disappearance, lack (used primarily in compound terms)

   yleisökato ― lack or loss of audience

3. (historical linguistics) loss, omission, elision

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
abessive		kadotta	kadoitta
instructive		—	kadoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of kato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t–d gradation)

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 abessive kadottani kadoittani instructive — — 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 abessive kadottasi kadoittasi instructive — — 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 abessive kadottamme kadoittamme instructive — — 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 abessive kadottanne kadoittanne instructive — — 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 abessive kadottaan kadottansa kadoittaan kadoittansa instructive — — comitative — katoineen katoinensa

Derived terms

• katua (possibly)

compounds

• hammaskato
• happikato
• hiilenkato
• immuunikato
• karvakato
• katoalue
• katokalvo
• katokorvaus
• katovahinko
• katovuosi
• kulmakarvakato
• lajikato
• lujuuskato
• luontokato
• luukato
• massakato
• metsäkato
• moraalikato
• otsonikato
• perikato
• pilvikato
• silmäripsikato
• sinkinkato
• vastauskato
• väestökato
• yleisökato

Related terms

• kadota

Further reading

• “kato”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

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
• Hyphenation^(key): ka‧to

Verb

kato (colloquial or dialectal)

1. inflection of katsoa / kattoa:
   1. present active indicative connegative
   2. second-person singular present imperative
   3. second-person singular present active imperative connegative

   Kato, tuolla on George!

   Look, there's George!

   Kato ny, mähän sanoin.

   See, I told you so.

Synonyms

• katso
• ka (colloquial)

Interjection

kato (colloquial or dialectal)

1. see, look

   Se on kato sillä lailla.

   See, that’s the way it is.

   Kato nääs! / Kato kato!

   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. / ...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

Māori

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈkato/ [ˈkɐtɔ]

Noun

kato

1. flow
2. current

Adjective

kato

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

Niuean

Noun

kato

1. basket

References

• Wolfgang B. Sperlich, editor (1997), Tohi Vagahau Niue—Niue Language Dictionary‎^[3], Honolulu: University of Hawaiʻi Press, →ISBN, page 147

Pali

Alternative forms

Alternative scripts

• 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 spelling

Pronunciation

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /kaˈtoʔ/ [k̠ɐˈt̪oʔ]
• Rhymes: -oʔ
• Syllabification: ka‧to

Noun

katô (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)

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

   Synonyms: kapilyuhan, kalokohan

3. (pathology) cyst in animal flesh

   Synonyms: kiste, kisto

4. synonym of balukanag

Derived terms

• may kato sa katawan
• may kato sa ulo

See also

• garapata
• hanip
• limatik
• pulgas
• tungaw

Further reading

• “kato”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, 2018

Anagrams

• akto, toka, kota, tako, Atok