nato

nato

See also: Nato, NATO, ñato, nǟtõ, and .nato

English

Etymology

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Noun

nato (countable and uncountable, plural natos)

1. (countable) A tree of the genus Mora
2. (uncountable) The wood of such trees

Anagrams

• anot, nota, tona

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Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑt̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Syllabification^(key): na‧to

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *nato, from Proto-Uralic *nataw.

Noun

nato

1. (archaic) sister-in-law of a woman (husband's sister)

Declension

Inflection of nato (Kotus type 1*F/valo, t-d gradation)
nominative		nato	nadot
genitive		nadon	natojen
partitive		natoa	natoja
illative		natoon	natoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		nato	nadot
accusative	nom.	nato	nadot
	gen.	nadon
genitive		nadon	natojen
partitive		natoa	natoja
inessive		nadossa	nadoissa
elative		nadosta	nadoista
illative		natoon	natoihin
adessive		nadolla	nadoilla
ablative		nadolta	nadoilta
allative		nadolle	nadoille
essive		natona	natoina
translative		nadoksi	nadoiksi
instructive		—	nadoin
abessive		nadotta	nadoitta
comitative		—	natoineen

Possessive forms of nato (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	natoni	natomme
2nd person	natosi	natonne
3rd person	natonsa

See also

• kyty

Etymology 2

From NATO (North Atlantic Treaty Organization).

Alternative forms

• Nato, NATO

Noun

nato

1. (rare) Alternative spelling of NATO.

Declension

Inflection of nato (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation)
nominative		nato	—
genitive		naton	—
partitive		natoa	—
illative		natoon	—
		singular	plural
nominative		nato	—
accusative	nom.	nato	—
	gen.	naton
genitive		naton	—
partitive		natoa	—
inessive		natossa	—
elative		natosta	—
illative		natoon	—
adessive		natolla	—
ablative		natolta	—
allative		natolle	—
essive		natona	—
translative		natoksi	—
instructive		—	—
abessive		natotta	—
comitative		—	—

Possessive forms of nato (type valo)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	natoni	natomme
2nd person	natosi	natonne
3rd person	natonsa

Derived terms

• natolanka

Anagrams

• anot, anto, otan, tano, taon, tona

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Ingrian

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nato. Cognates include Finnish nato and Estonian nadu.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑto̞]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑd̥o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Hyphenation: na‧to

Noun

nato

1. marital sister-in-law (one's husband's sister)

Declension

Declension of nato (type 4/koivu, t- gradation, gemination)
	singular	plural
nominative	nato	naot
genitive	naon	nattoin, natoloin
partitive	nattoa	natoja, natoloja
illative	nattoo	nattoi, natoloihe
inessive	naos	natois, natolois
elative	naost	natoist, natoloist
allative	naolle	natoille, natoloille
adessive	naol	natoil, natoloil
ablative	naolt	natoilt, natoloilt
translative	naoks	natoiks, natoloiks
essive	natonna, nattoon	natoinna, natoloinna, nattoin, natoloin
exessive1)	natont	natoint, natoloint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Coordinate terms

• kyty (“one's husband's brother”)
• käly (“one's brother's wife”)

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971) Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 332

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Istriot

Etymology

From Latin nātus.

Adjective

nato

1. born

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.to/
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: nà‧to

Etymology 1

From Latin nātus, from earlier gnātus, from Proto-Italic *gnātos, from Proto-Indo-European *ǵn̥h₁tós (“begotten, produced”), derived from the root *ǵenh₁- (“to beget, give birth”).

Participle

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural nati, feminine plural nate)

1. past participle of nascere; born

Adjective

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural nati, feminine plural nate)

1. born (also used in combination)
2. né

Related terms

• natale
• nativo
• natura

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

nato

1. first-person singular present indicative of natare

Anagrams

• OTAN, anto-, nota, onta, tona

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Latin

Etymology 1

From nō (“swim”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.toː/, [ˈnät̪oː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈna.to/, [ˈnäːt̪o]

Verb

natō (present infinitive natāre, perfect active natāvī, supine natātum); first conjugation

1. swim, float

   Cum in lacū natābat, multōs piscēs vīdit.

   When swimming in the lake, he saw many fish.

2. (figuratively) (especially of the eyes) to swim (as when drunken or dying); to be feeble, failing; to fluctuate, waver, be uncertain, unsteady; to move to and fro, not stand still
   • 8 CE, Ovid, Fasti 6.673:

     ‘nox erat, et vīnīs oculīque animīque natābant’

     “It was night, and [their] eyesight as well as [their] minds were [unsteady,] swimming with wine [...].”
     (The poetic voice of Minerva or Tritonia describes the aftermath of a merry feast.)

3. stream, flow

Conjugation

Conjugation of natō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	natō	natās	natat	natāmus	natātis	natant
	imperfect	natābam	natābās	natābat	natābāmus	natābātis	natābant
	future	natābō	natābis	natābit	natābimus	natābitis	natābunt
	perfect	natāvī	natāvistī	natāvit	natāvimus	natāvistis	natāvērunt, natāvēre
	pluperfect	natāveram	natāverās	natāverat	natāverāmus	natāverātis	natāverant
	future perfect	natāverō	natāveris	natāverit	natāverimus	natāveritis	natāverint
passive	present	nator	natāris, natāre	natātur	natāmur	natāminī	natantur
	imperfect	natābar	natābāris, natābāre	natābātur	natābāmur	natābāminī	natābantur
	future	natābor	natāberis, natābere	natābitur	natābimur	natābiminī	natābuntur
	perfect	natātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	natātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	natātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	natem	natēs	natet	natēmus	natētis	natent
	imperfect	natārem	natārēs	natāret	natārēmus	natārētis	natārent
	perfect	natāverim	natāverīs	natāverit	natāverīmus	natāverītis	natāverint
	pluperfect	natāvissem	natāvissēs	natāvisset	natāvissēmus	natāvissētis	natāvissent
passive	present	nater	natēris, natēre	natētur	natēmur	natēminī	natentur
	imperfect	natārer	natārēris, natārēre	natārētur	natārēmur	natārēminī	natārentur
	perfect	natātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	natātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	natā	—	—	natāte	—
	future	—	natātō	natātō	—	natātōte	natantō
passive	present	—	natāre	—	—	natāminī	—
	future	—	natātor	natātor	—	—	natantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		natāre	natāvisse	natātūrum esse	natārī	natātum esse	natātum īrī
participles		natāns	—	natātūrus	—	natātus	natandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		natandī	natandō	natandum	natandō	natātum	natātū

Derived terms

• ēnatō
• natābundus
• natāns
• natāticius
• natātilis
• natātiō
• natātor
• natatorium
• natātōrium
• natātōrius
• natātūra
• natātus
• supernatō

 

Related terms

• nō

Descendants

• Aragonese: nadar
• Aromanian: anot, not, anutari
• Asturian: nadar, ñadar
• Catalan: nedar
• Corsican: nutà, cotà
• Extremaduran: naal, nadal, anal
• Friulian: nadâ
• Galician: nadar
• Gallurese: natà, nutà, nudà
• Italian: nuotare; → natare
• Ligurian: nuâ
• Neapolitan: natà
• Norman: nagi
• Occitan: nadar
• Old French: noer
  • Middle French: nouer
    • French: nouer
  • Norman: nouer
• Old Occitan: nadar
• Old Spanish: nadar
  • Spanish: nadar
• Piedmontese: nuvé
• Portuguese: nadar
• Romanian: înota, înotare
• Romansch: nudar, senudar, nuder, nodar
• Sardinian: nadai, anatare, nadare, natare
• Sassarese: nadà, nudà, annadai
• Sicilian: natari
• Tarantino: natà, natare
• Venetian: noar, nodar, nuar
• → Albanian: notoj

Etymology 2

See natus, nascor

Participle

nātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nātus

References

• “nato”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “nato”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• nato in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) according to circumstances: pro re (nata), pro tempore
    

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Portuguese

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nātus. Doublet of nado.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.tu/

• Homophone: NATO
• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: na‧to

Adjective

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural natos, feminine plural natas)

1. (of a person) born (having a character or quality from birth)

   Ela é uma escritora nata.

   She is a born writer.

   Synonym: (also applies to physical properties.) de nascença

2. (of a person’s character or quality) innate (present from birth)

   A criatividade dela é nata.

   Her creativity is innate.

   Synonyms: inato, natural, (also applies to physical properties) de nascença

3. (with a demonym) born in a place (often implying strong identification with the location or local culture)

   Ele é nordestino nato!

   He is a born and bred Northeasterner!

4. (citizenship law, specifically) by birth (having a nationality due to being born in the country)

   Somos brasileiros natos, mas nosso avó foi naturalizado.

   We are Brazilians by birth, but our grandfather was naturalised.

   Antonym: naturalizado

See also

• dom

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Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin nātus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈnato/ [ˈna.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: na‧to

Adjective

nato (feminine nata, masculine plural natos, feminine plural natas)

1. born

Related terms

• antenatal
• innato
• mortinato
• nacer (see more related terms)
• natal
• natalidad
• navidad
• neonatal
• neonato
• neonatología
• nonato
• postnatal
• prenatal

 

Further reading

• “nato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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Votic

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *nato.

Pronunciation

• (Luuditsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑto]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Hyphenation: na‧to

Noun

nato

1. sister-in-law (sister of one's husband)

Inflection

Declension of nato (type III/jalkõ, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	nato	naod
genitive	nao	natoje, natojõ, natoi
partitive	nattoa	natoitõ, natoi
illative	natto, nattosõ	natoje, natojõ, natoisõ
inessive	naoz	natoiz
elative	naossõ	natoissõ
allative	naolõ	natoilõ
adessive	naollõ	natoillõ
ablative	naoltõ	natoiltõ
translative	naossi	natoissi
*) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the terminative is formed by adding the suffix -ssaa to the short illative or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

References

• V. Hallap, E. Adler, S. Grünberg, M. Leppik (2012), “nato”, in Vadja keele sõnaraamat [A dictionary of the Votic language], 2 edition, Tallinn