cato
See also: Cato, CATO, cató, and Cató
Afar
Etymology
From cate (“to help”) + -o.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ħʌˈto/
- Hyphenation: ca‧to
Noun
cató f
- help
- Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language], Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 5:
- Diggah nanu Ni Rabbow koo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibuk koo caglisna, nanu ni-caagiidah inkih cato koo esserra.
- Our God, with strength we make you whole, only you we give [our] adoration, we as one ask you for help with our afairs.
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Declension
| Declension of cató | ||||||||||||||||||
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| absolutive | cató | |||||||||||||||||
| predicative | cató | |||||||||||||||||
| subjective | cató | |||||||||||||||||
| genitive | cató | |||||||||||||||||
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Synonyms
- caráa
References
- E. M. Parker; R. J. Hayward (1985), “catò”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
- Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie), Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)
Asturian
Verb
cato
- first-person singular present indicative of catar
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈka.toː/, [ˈkät̪oː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈka.to/, [ˈkäːt̪o]
- Homophone: Catō
Adjective
catō
- dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of catus
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈka.tu/
- Rhymes: -atu
- Hyphenation: ca‧to
Etymology 1
From Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”), of Pre-Greek origin.
cato
Alternative forms
- cacto (Brazilian)
- cáctus
Noun
cato m (plural catos) (European spelling)
- cactus
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
cato
- first-person singular present indicative of catar
Further reading
- “cato” in iDicionário Aulete.
- “cato” in Dicionário inFormal.
- “cato” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2023.
- “cato” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
- “cato” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkato/ [ˈka.t̪o]
- Rhymes: -ato
- Syllabification: ca‧to
Verb
cato
- first-person singular present indicative of catar
Tagalog
Pronunciation
- Hyphenation: ca‧to
- IPA(key): /kaˈto/, [kɐˈto]
Noun
cató (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)
- Obsolete spelling of kato
Welsh
Alternative forms
- cadwo
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkatɔ/
Verb
cato
- (literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of cadw
Mutation
| Welsh mutation | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| radical | soft | nasal | aspirate |
| cato | gato | nghato | chato |
| Note: Some of these forms may be hypothetical. Not every possible mutated form of every word actually occurs. | |||