# tao
## Translingual
### Symbol

tao
* (international standards) ISO 639-3 language code for Yami.

### See also

* Wiktionary’s coverage of Yami terms

## English
### Alternative forms

* dao

### Etymology

From the Wade–Giles romanization of the Mandarin pronunciation of Chinese 道 (tao⁴).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /daʊ/, /taʊ/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aʊ

### Proper noun

tao
* (Chinese philosophy and religion) Alternative letter-case form of Tao: the way of nature or way to live one's life.
** 2021, Olof G. Lidin, From Taoism to Einstein, page 196:The tao of Lao Tzu was a cosmic tao, inner and unwritten, a tao of Nature, while the tao of Confucius was moral and written.

### Noun

tao (usually uncountable, plural taos)
* (by extension) The art or skill of doing something in harmony with the essential nature of the thing.
    the tao of sex... the tao of the heart... the tao of integuments...
* (historical, obsolete) Synonym of circuit: various administrative divisions of imperial and early Republican China.

#### Synonyms

* (harmonious skill) zen

### See also

* ananke

### References

* ↑ dao, Wade-Giles romanization tao, in Encyclopædia Britannica

### Anagrams

* AOT, ATO, OTA, Ota, To'a, oat, toa

## Bikol Central
### Etymology 1

Unknown.

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ta‧o
* IPA: /taˈʔo/ [taˈʔo]

#### Verb

tào
* to give
    Itao mo na sakuya an kuwarta.Just give me the money.

##### Derived terms

* itao
* magtao
* manao
* panao
* tawan

### Etymology 2

From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

#### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ta‧o
* IPA: /ˈtaʔo/ [ˈta.ʔo]

#### Noun

táo
* Alternative form of tawo

## Butuanon
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

### Noun

tao
* person; human

## Finnish
### Etymology 1

From Chinese 道 (dào).

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑo/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝o̞]
* Rhymes: -ɑo
* Hyphenation: tao

#### Noun

tao
* tao

##### Declension

Possessive forms of tao (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) :
first-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
taoni
accusative
nom.
taoni
gen.
taoni
genitive
taoni
partitive
taoani
inessive
taossani
elative
taostani
illative
taooni
adessive
taollani
ablative
taoltani
allative
taolleni
essive
taonani
translative
taokseni
abessive
taottani
instructive
comitative
second-person singular possessor
singular
plural
nominative
taosi
accusative
nom.
taosi
gen.
taosi
genitive
taosi
partitive
taoasi
inessive
taossasi
elative
taostasi
illative
taoosi
adessive
taollasi
ablative
taoltasi
allative
taollesi
essive
taonasi
translative
taoksesi
abessive
taottasi
instructive
comitative
first-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
taomme
accusative
nom.
taomme
gen.
taomme
genitive
taomme
partitive
taoamme
inessive
taossamme
elative
taostamme
illative
taoomme
adessive
taollamme
ablative
taoltamme
allative
taollemme
essive
taonamme
translative
taoksemme
abessive
taottamme
instructive
comitative
second-person plural possessor
singular
plural
nominative
taonne
accusative
nom.
taonne
gen.
taonne
genitive
taonne
partitive
taoanne
inessive
taossanne
elative
taostanne
illative
taoonne
adessive
taollanne
ablative
taoltanne
allative
taollenne
essive
taonanne
translative
taoksenne
abessive
taottanne
instructive
comitative
third-person possessor
singular
plural
nominative
taonsa
accusative
nom.
taonsa
gen.
taonsa
genitive
taonsa
partitive
taoaan taoansa
inessive
taossaan taossansa
elative
taostaan taostansa
illative
taoonsa
adessive
taollaan taollansa
ablative
taoltaan taoltansa
allative
taolleen taollensa
essive
taonaan taonansa
translative
taokseen taoksensa
abessive
taottaan taottansa
instructive
comitative

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtɑoˣ/, [ˈt̪ɑ̝o̞(ʔ)]
* Rhymes: -ɑo
* Hyphenation: tao

#### Verb

tao
* inflection of takoa:
** indicative present connegative
** second-person singular imperative present/present connegative

### Anagrams

* oat, ota

## French
### Noun

tao m (plural taos)
* (philosophy) Tao

### Further reading

* “tao”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galo
### Noun

tao
* thorn, splinter

## Hiligaynon
### Etymology 1

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

#### Noun

táo
* man; person

#### Verb

táo
* to be born

### Etymology 2
#### Verb

táo
* to look after or guard the house

### Etymology 3
#### Verb

taó
* (Hiniráya, Binukídnon) to give; to donate; to make a present of

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈtɒoː]
* Hyphenation: tao
* Rhymes: -oː

### Etymology 1

Borrowed from Mandarin 道 (dào, “way, path”).

#### Noun

tao
* tao

##### Derived terms

* taoista
* taoizmus

### Etymology 2

Abbreviation from the name of the act on társasági adó és osztalékadó (“corporate tax and dividend tax”).

#### Noun

tao
* Acronym of társasági adó és osztalékadó.

##### Derived terms

* taózás
* taózik

### References

* ↑ 1996. évi LXXXI. törvény a társasági adóról és az osztalékadóról

## Ilocano
### Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, Proto-Austronesian *Cau.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈtaʔo/, [ˈtaː.ʔo], [ˈtaː.ʔu]
* Hyphenation: ta‧o

### Noun

tao (plural tattao)
* human; human being; person; man
* people
* individual

#### Derived terms

* agkatawan
* agmarmaratao
* agpakatao
* agpatao
* itao
* itatao
* katao
* katatao
* katatawan
* kinatao
* maitao
* matagtagitao
* matatao
* naintawan
* pagattao
* pannakaitao
* pangitawan
* sangatawan
* sangkatawan
* sinantatao
* tawan
* tumao

#### Related terms

* alintatao
* taotao

### Pronoun

tao
* Alternative form of datao: indefinite pronoun usually referring to the speaker

## Italian
### Alternative forms

* dao

### Etymology

From the Wade-Giles romanization of Chinese 道 (Dào, literally “the Way”) or (dào, "circuit").

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.o/
* Rhymes: -ao
* Hyphenation: tà‧o

### Noun

tao m (invariable)
* (philosophy) Tao

#### Derived terms

* taoismo
* taoista

### Anagrams

* -ato

## Japanese
### Romanization

tao
* Rōmaji transcription of たお

## Malagasy
### Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *taʀuq. Compare Indonesian taruh.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [to]

### Noun

tao
* act, action
* preparation

### Verb

tao
* to do
* to prepare, arm, take precautions

#### Related terms
## Mandarin
### Romanization

tao (tao$^5$ / tao$^0$, Zhuyin ˙ㄊㄠ)
* Hanyu Pinyin reading of 萄

### Romanization

tao
* Nonstandard spelling of tāo.
* Nonstandard spelling of táo.
* Nonstandard spelling of tǎo.
* Nonstandard spelling of tào.

#### Usage notes

* Transcriptions of Mandarin into the Latin script often do not distinguish between the critical tonal differences employed in the Mandarin language, using words such as this one without indication of tone.

## Maori
### Noun

tao
* spear

## Polish
### Etymology

Borrowed from Mandarin 道.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈta.ɔ/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -aɔ
* Syllabification: ta‧o

### Noun

tao n (indeclinable)
* (philosophy, Taoism) Tao (Chinese philosophical term)
    Synonym: dao

#### Related terms

* taoistyczny
* taoista
* taoistka
* taoizm

### Further reading

* tao in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French tao or English tao.

### Noun

tao n (uncountable)
* tao

#### Declension
## Samoan
### Noun

tao
* spear

## Swahili
### Pronunciation

* Audio (Kenya):(file)

### Noun

tao class V (plural matao class VI)
* arch

## Tagalog
### Alternative forms

* tauo — obsolete, Spanish-based spelling
* tau — obsolete
* tawo — now dialectal, Batangas, western Marinduque, uncommon in Rizal

### Etymology

From earlier tawo, from Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Cognate with Ilocano tao, Cebuano tawo, Thao caw, Tsou cou, and Motu tau.

### Pronunciation

* (Standard Tagalog)
** IPA: /ˈtaʔo/ [ˈt̪aː.ʔo] (noun)
*** Rhymes: -aʔo
** IPA: /taˈʔo/ [t̪ɐˈʔo] (adjective)
*** Rhymes: -o
* Syllabification: ta‧o

### Noun

tao (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂ)
* human; human being; person; man
* (colloquial) people
* faces of a coin
* (games) heads (in heads or tails)
    Synonym: tihaya
    Antonyms: ibon, taob
* (colloquial) husband
* person left alone in a place as a guard or caretaker (when others are away)
    Synonyms: bantay, tanod

#### Derived terms

* ang taong gipit, sa patalim kumakapit
* baguntao
* bansing-tao
* daktao
* dalubtao
* dalubtauhan
* gawang-tao
* higtao
* kapwa-tao
* karamihang-tao
* karaniwang-tao
* karapatang pantao
* katao
* katauhan
* krimen laban sa sangkatauhan
* lampas-tao
* madlang-tao
* magdalang-tao
* magkatao
* magkatawang-tao
* magpakatao
* magpakitang-tao
* magpatao
* makatao
* malay-tao
* mamamatay-tao
* matao
* matauhan
* may-tao
* nasa Diyos ang awa, nasa tao ang gawa
* pagdadalang-tao
* pagkatao
* pagpapakatao
* pagpapanauhan
* pagpapatao
* pagsasatao
* pagtao
* pagtatao
* pakitang-tao
* palatauhan
* panao
* panauhan
* panauhin
* patao
* sa pagkatao
* sangkatauhan
* tagatao
* tagataong-bahay
* tao po
* tao-tao
* tao-tauhan
* taong-bahay
* taong-bayan
* taong-grasa
* taong-gubat
* taong-putik
* tauhan
* tauhin
* tawiran ng tao
* tumao
* usang-tao
* wikang-tao

#### Related terms

* balintataw
* katawan
* Tausug
* Taywan

#### See also

* kara-krus

### Adjective

taó (Baybayin spelling ᜆᜂ)
* (obsolete) mortal; deadly; fatal
    Synonyms: nakamamatay, mortal, (archaic) palana

#### Derived terms

* tumao

### Further reading

* “tao”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Cau”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI

## Vietnamese
### Alternative forms

* (North Central Vietnam) tau (with *oː > /aw/)
* (South Central Vietnam) ta (with *oː > /aw/ > /aː/)
* (abbreviation) t

### Etymology

From Proto-Vietic *soː (“I; me”). Cognate with Thavung โซว.
There are 1st person single pronouns in Northern Austroasiatic branches with back vocalism and null-initial such as Mang ʔuː⁴, Khmu [Cuang] ʔoʔ, Riang [Sak] ʔoʔ¹, Pnar o. However, the only case of competing *s- vs. null-onset in Vietic is Proto-Vietic *suh ~ *ʔuh (“nest”), which gave rise to Vietnamese tổ and ổ respectively.

### Pronunciation

* (Hà Nội) IPA: [taːw˧˧]
* (Huế) IPA: [taːw˧˧]
* (Saigon) IPA: [taːw˧˧]

### Pronoun

tao • (蚤, 騷)
* (Northern Vietnam, Southern Vietnam, impolite, familiar, disrespectful or hostile) I/me
    Antonyms: mày, mi

### Anagrams

* toa

## Yami
### Etymology

From Proto-Philippine *tau, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *tau, from Proto-Austronesian *Cau. Compare Ibatan tawo, Tagalog tao, Ilocano tao.

### Pronunciation

* Hyphenation: ta‧o

### Noun

tao
* person; human

#### Descendants

* → English: Tao
* → Mandarin: 達悟 / 达悟 (Dáwù)

### References

* Rau, Der-Hwa Victoria 何德華, Dong, Maa-Neu 董瑪女 (2018) 臺灣南島語言叢書(14):達悟語 - 語法概論 [Taiwan Austronesian Languages Series (14): Tao language - Introduction to Grammar]‎, New Taipei City: 原住民族委員會, →ISBN, archived from the original on 4 November 2021, page 8
* Dong, Maa-Neu 董瑪女, Rau, Der-Hwa Victoria 何德華, Chang, Ann Hui-Huan 張惠環, editors (2012), 達悟語詞典 Yami (Tao) Dictionary‎, Taipei: 國立臺灣大學出版中心 [National Taiwan University Press], →ISBN, page 238
* Blust, Robert; Trussel, Stephen; et al. (2023) “*Cau”, in the CLDF dataset from The Austronesian Comparative Dictionary (2010–), →DOI