ato

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qato (compare with Tahitian ato, Hawaiian ako),^[1][2] from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp (compare with Malay atap, Tagalog atip).^[3]

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.to/

Noun

ato

1. thatch, roof

   Synonyms: rauwhare, raurau

Verb

ato (passive atohia or atotia or atoa)

1. to thatch

   I taua moutere ka atohia ngā whare ki ngā rau o te niu. (PK 2008:40)

   On that island the houses are thatched with the leaves of the coconut tree.

2. to fence in, enclose

References

Further reading

• Williams, Herbert William (1917) “ato”, in A Dictionary of the Maori Language, page 24
• “ato” in John C. Moorfield, Te Aka: Maori–English, English–Maori Dictionary and Index, 3rd edition, Longman/Pearson Education New Zealand, 2011, →ISBN.

Etymology

From Marathi आत्या (ātyā).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ato/

Noun

ato

1. paternal aunt

   Synonym: matant

Etymology

Inherited from Latin alterum.

Pronunciation

• (Naples) IPA^(key): [ˈaːtə], (in sandhi) [-u]
  • (feminine) IPA^(key): [ˈaːtə], (in sandhi) [-a]
• (Castelmezzano) IPA^(key): [ˈaːu̯tə]

Determiner

ato (feminine singular ata, plural ate)

1. other

References

• AIS: Sprach- und Sachatlas Italiens und der Südschweiz [Linguistic and Ethnographic Atlas of Italy and Southern Switzerland] – map 1444: “l'altro raccoglie” – on navigais-web.pd.istc.cnr.it
• Giacco, Giuseppe (2003) “ato-a”, in Schedario Napoletano
• Ledgeway, Adam (2009) Grammatica diacronica del napoletano, Tübingen: Niemeyer, page 80

Etymology

Univerbation of a +‎ oto. First attested in the 15th century.

Pronunciation

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

Particle

ato

1. (hapax) here!

   Synonym: oto

   • 1930 [c. 1455], “Gen”, in Ludwik Bernacki, editor, Biblia królowej Zofii (Biblia szaroszpatacka)‎, 9, 9:

     Ato tez vstawyø (ecce ego statuam) slyub moy myedzy wamy a s waszym naszenym po was

     [Ato też ustawię (ecce ego statuam) ślub moj miedzy wami a z waszym nasienim po was]

References

• 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), “ato”, in Słownik pojęciowy języka staropolskiego [Conceptual Dictionary of Old Polish] (in Polish), Kraków: IJP PAN, →ISBN

Etymology

Inherited from Old Polish ato. By surface analysis, univerbation of a +‎ oto.

Pronunciation

• (Middle Polish) IPA^(key): /ˈa.tɔ/

Particle

ato

1. (Middle Polish) here!

   Synonym: oto

Conjunction

ato

1. (Middle Polish) and here
2. (Middle Polish) and yet, however
3. (Middle Polish) The meaning of this term is uncertain.
   • 1588, Acta primi regiminis Sigismundi III‎, page 84:

     boscie nas tam czci poodsądzali, powiedział ato iako odaycie pokoy.

Further reading

• Maria Renata Mayenowa, Stanisław Rospond, Witold Taszycki, Stefan Hrabec, Władysław Kuraszkiewicz (2010-2023) “ato”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish]
• Samuel Bogumił Linde (1807–1814) “ato”, in Słownik języka polskiego
• Aleksander Zdanowicz (1861) “ato”, in Słownik języka polskiego, Wilno 1861
• J. Karłowicz, A. Kryński, W. Niedźwiedzki, editors (1900), “a to”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), volume 1, Warsaw, page 68

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: a‧to

Etymology 1

Semi-learned borrowing from Latin āctus, from agere. Doublet of auto.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qato, from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.

Verb

ato

1. to roof; to put a roof on

References

• “ato”, in Diccionario etimológico Rapanui-Español, Valparaíso: Comisión para la Estructuración de la Lengua Rapanui, 2000, →ISBN

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈato/ [ˈa.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: a‧to

Verb

ato

1. first-person singular present indicative of atar

See also

• hato (homophone)

Etymology

From Proto-Polynesian *qato, from Proto-Oceanic *qatop, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *qatəp.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.to/

Noun

ato

1. thatch

   Synonym: aʻu

Verb

ato

1. to thatch

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian а то (a to).

Pronunciation

• (Luutsa, Liivtšülä) IPA^(key): /ˈɑto/, [ˈɑto], /ɑˈto/, [ɑˈto]
• Rhymes: -ɑto, -o
• Hyphenation: a‧to

Conjunction

ato

1. or else, otherwise

References

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈatɔ/

Etymology 1

Etymology 2

Mutation

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈa.t̪o/

Noun

ato

1. thatch

References

• Clemens Voorhoeve (1982) The Makian languages and their neighbours‎, Pacific linguistics

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ato]

Noun

ato (possessed atotü)

1. Alternative form of a'to (“rope, twine, snell”)

Alternative forms

• atu, hato

Etymology

Compare Carabayo ao (“father”).

Noun

ato

1. father

References

• Seifart and Echeverri, Evidence for the Identification of Carabayo, the Language of an Uncontacted People of the Colombian Amazon, as Belonging to the Tikuna–Yurí Linguistic Family, PLoS ONE 9(4) (2014)