nato

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nato (countable and uncountable, plural natos)

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

• NOTA, anot, nota, tona

na +‎ to

• IPA^(key): [ˈnato]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Hyphenation: na‧to

nato (not comparable)

1. afterwards, subsequently

   Synonym: potom

   Antonym: předtím

   • 1868, František Stejskal-Lažanský, “Eližběta Johanka Westonie”, in Věnec slávy žen slovanských, Prague: self-published, pages 61–64:

     V Čechách získal si přízeň i ochranu Voka z Rožmberka a nedlouho nato koupil si dům a statek v okolí městečka Mostu.

     In Bohemia, he won the favor and protection of Vok of Rožmberk, and soon afterwards he bought a house and a homestead in the vicinity of the town of Most.

• později

• “nato”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “nato”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
• “nato”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

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

From Proto-Finnic *nato, from Proto-Uralic *nataw.^[1]

nato (archaic)

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

• kyty

• “nato”, 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 2023-07-01

• Nato, NATO

nato (rare)

1. Alternative letter-case form of NATO

• anot, anto, otan, tano, taon, tona

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

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

nato

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

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	naois, natolois
elative	naost	naoist, natoloist
allative	naolle	naoille, natoloille
adessive	naol	naoil, natoloil
ablative	naolt	naoilt, natoloilt
translative	naoks	naoiks, 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.

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

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

From Latin nātus.

nato

1. born

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

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”).

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

1. past participle of nascere; born

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

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

• natale
• nativo
• natura

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

nato

1. first-person singular present indicative of natare

• OTAN, anto-, nota, onta, tona

Frequentative of nō.

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

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

1. to 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. to stream, flow

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

• Italo-Romance:
  • Gallurese: natà
  • Italian: natare (archaic)
  • Neapolitan: natare
  • Sassarese: nadà, annadai
  • Sicilian: natari
• Insular Romance:
  • Sardinian: nadai, anatare, nadare, natare
• North Italian:
  • Friulian: nadâ
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Old Catalan: nadar
    • Catalan: nedar, nadar (Western)
  • Occitan: nadar
• Ibero-Romance:
  • Aragonese: nadar
  • Asturian: nadar, ñadar
  • Extremaduran: nadal
  • Galician: nadar
  • Portuguese: nadar
  • Spanish: nadar

Reflexes of an assumed variant *nŏtāre: (cf. the prefixed ⟨transnotare⟩ in the Reichenau Glossary)

• Balkan Romance:
  • Aromanian: (a)nutari
  • Romanian: (î)nota
  • → Albanian: notoj
• Italo-Romance:
  • Corsican: nutà
  • Italian: nuotare, notare (archaic)
  • Gallurese: nutà, nudà
  • Sassarese: nudà
• North Italian:
  • Ligurian: nuâ
  • Piedmontese: nuvé
  • Romansch: nudar, nuder, nodar
  • Venetan: noar, nuar, nodar
• Gallo-Romance:
  • Franco-Provençal: noar
  • Old French: noer
  • Occitan: nodar (northern)

• “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^[3], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • (ambiguous) according to circumstances: pro re (nata), pro tempore
    

See natus, nascor

nātō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of nātus

Learned borrowing from Latin nātus. Doublet of nado.

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

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

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

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

   Ela é uma escritora nata.

   She is a born writer.

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

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

   A criatividade dela é nata.

   Her creativity is innate.

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)

   Antonym: naturalizado

   Somos brasileiros natos, mas nosso avô foi naturalizado.

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

• dom

Borrowed from Latin nātus.

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

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

1. born

• “nato”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.7, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2023 November 28

From Proto-Finnic *nato.

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

nato

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

Declension of nato (type III/jalkõ, t- gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	nato	naod
genitive	nao	natojõ, natoi
partitive	nattoa	natoitõ, natoi
illative	nattosõ, natto	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 (sg) or the genitive. ***) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka to the genitive.

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