# ato
## Albanian
### Etymology

From Proto-Albanian *a-tā(s), compound of proclitic particle a and demonstrative tās, from Proto-Indo-European *téh₂es, feminine plural of *tód (“that (one)”) (compare Latin istud, English that). The accusative is from Proto-Albanian *a-tā(s), from earlier *a-tā(n)s, from *téh₂ns, and older and dialectal varieties retain ablative asosh, acosh, from a + Proto-Albanian *tsjāsu, from *ḱjéh₂su, locative of Proto-Indo-European *ḱís (“this (one)”) (compare English he).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /aˈtɔ/

### Pronoun

ato f pl (accusative ato, dative atyre, ablative atyre)
* they

#### Related terms

* ata
* këta

### See also
## Anyi
### Noun

ato
* lie (an untruthful statement)

## Asturian
### Verb

ato
* first-person singular present indicative of atar

## Baoule
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

ato
* lie, (untruthful statement)

## Cebuano
### Alternative forms

* atoa

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʔato/ [ˈʔa.t̪o]
* Hyphenation: a‧to

### Pronoun

ato
* ours

### Determiner

ato
* our

### See also

$^1$ Forms in this column are placed after the verb or predicate they modify, and never used at the start of sentences. $^2$ Forms in this column are literary and rarely used colloquially. $^3$ Ta is used over nako or ko where the object is a second-person singular pronoun.

## Ede Idaca
### Etymology

Compare with Yoruba òtò (Èkìtì)

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /à.tò/

### Noun

àtò
* monkey

## Fon
### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

atò (Benin)
* dog-faced baboon

## Galician
### Verb

ato
* first-person singular present indicative of atar

## Isnag
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *asu, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *asu, from Proto-Austronesian *asu.

### Noun

áto
* dog (animal)

### References

* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*asu”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Japanese
### Romanization

ato
* Rōmaji transcription of あと

## Ligurian
### Alternative forms

* âto (Grafîa ofiçiâ)

### Etymology

From Latin altus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈaː.tu/

### Adjective

ato (feminine singular ata, masculine plural ati, feminine plural ate)
* tall
* high

#### Synonyms

* erto

## Maori
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.to/

### Noun

ato
* thatch, roof
    Synonyms: rauwhare, raurau

### Verb

ato (passive atohia or atotia or atoa)
* 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.
* to fence in, enclose

### References

* ↑ Tregear, Edward (1891) Maori-Polynesian Comparative Dictionary‎, Wellington, New Zealand: Lyon and Blair, pages 29-30
* ↑ Ross Clark and Simon J. Greenhill, editors (2011), “qato”, in POLLEX-Online: The Polynesian Lexicon Project Online
* ↑ Ross, Malcolm D., Pawley, Andrew, Osmond, Meredith (1998) The lexicon of Proto-Oceanic, volume 1: Material Culture, Canberra: Australian National University, →ISBN, pages 53-4

### 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.

## Mauritian Creole
### Etymology

From Marathi आत्या (ātyā).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ato/

### Noun

ato
* paternal aunt
    Synonym: matant

## Neapolitan
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin alterum.

### Pronunciation

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

### Determiner

ato (feminine singular ata, plural ate)
* 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

## Old Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (10th–15th CE) /atɔ/
* IPA: (15th CE) /atɔ/

### Particle

ato
* (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]

#### Derived terms

* atoć

#### Descendants

* Middle Polish: ato

### 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

## Polish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (Middle Polish) IPA: /ˈa.tɔ/
* (Lesser Poland):
** (Podegrodzie) IPA: /ˈa.tɔ/

### Particle

ato
* (Middle Polish or dialectal, Sącz Lach) here!
    Synonym: oto

### Conjunction

ato
* (Middle Polish) and here
* (Middle Polish) and yet, however
* (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.

#### Related terms

* atoć

### 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
* Karol Mátyás (1891) “ato”, in “Słowniczek gwary ludu zamieszkującego wschodnio-południową najbliższą okolicę Nowego Sącza”, in Sprawozdania Komisyi Językowej Akademii Umiejętności (in Polish), volume 4, Kraków: Drukarnia Uniwersytetu Jagiellońskiego, page 319

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.tu/
* Rhymes: -atu
* Hyphenation: a‧to

### Etymology 1

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

#### Alternative forms

* acto (pre-1990 spelling)

#### Noun

ato m (plural atos)
* act (deed)
* act (state of existence)
* act (process of doing something)
* act (division of theatrical performance)
* act (display of behaviour)

##### Related terms

* ação
* ata

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

ato
* first-person singular present indicative of atar

## Rapa Nui
### Etymology

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

### Verb

ato
* 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

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈato/ [ˈa.t̪o]
* Rhymes: -ato
* Syllabification: a‧to

### Verb

ato
* first-person singular present indicative of atar

### See also

* hato (homophone)

## Tongan
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /a.to/

### Noun

ato
* thatch
    Synonym: aʻu

### Verb

ato
* to thatch

## Votic
### Etymology

Borrowed from Russian а то (a to).

### Pronunciation

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

### Conjunction

ato
* 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

## Welsh
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈatɔ/

### Etymology 1
#### Alternative forms

* (first-person singular): ata, ataf

#### Pronoun

ato
* (literary, colloquial) third-person singular masculine of at
* (colloquial) (South Wales) first-person singular of at

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

ato
* Soft mutation of gato.

### Mutation

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Welsh. All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

## West Makian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈa.t̪o/

### Noun

ato
* thatch

### References

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

## Ye'kwana
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ato]

### Noun

ato (possessed atotü)
* Alternative form of a'to (“rope, twine, snell”)

## Yuri
### Alternative forms

* atu, hato

### Etymology

Compare Carabayo ao (“father”).

### Noun

ato
* 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)