awto

Borrowed from Spanish auto, clipping of automóvil.

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔawto/ [ˈʔaʊ̯.to]
• Hyphenation: aw‧to

áwto (Basahan spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. automobile, car

   Synonym: kotse

2. vehicle

   Synonyms: behikulo, lunadan, sakayan

Final clipping of English automobile, from French automobile, from Ancient Greek αὐτός (autós, “self”) + French mobile (“moving”) (from Latin mobilis (“movable”)).

• IPA^(key): /ˈʔawto/ [ˈʔaʊ̯.t̪o]
• Hyphenation: aw‧to

áwto (Badlit spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. automobile, car

   Synonym: kotse

Borrowed from German Auto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈaw.tɔ/
• Rhymes: -awtɔ
• Syllabification: aw‧to

awto n

1. car (automobile)

• Starosta, Manfred (1999) “awto”, in Dolnoserbsko-nimski słownik / Niedersorbisch-deutsches Wörterbuch (in German), Bautzen: Domowina-Verlag

• oto

Borrowed from Spanish auto, short for automóvil.

• (Standard Tagalog) IPA^(key): /ˈʔawto/ [ˈʔaʊ̯.t̪o], (colloquial) /ˈʔoto/ [ˈʔoː.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -awto
• Syllabification: aw‧to

awto (Baybayin spelling ᜀᜏ᜔ᜆᜓ)

1. automobile; car

   Synonyms: awtomobil, kotse, sasakyan

• “awto”, in Pambansang Diksiyonaryo | Diksiyonaryo.ph, Manila, 2018

• tawo

Borrowed from German Auto.

• IPA^(key): /ˈawtɔ/
• Rhymes: -awtɔ
• Hyphenation: aw‧to
• Syllabification: aw‧to

awto n or m inan (related adjective awtowy)

1. automobile, car (wheeled vehicle for transporting people or things)

   Synonym: awtomobil

   • 1951, Richard Iselt, Z brěmješka dopomnjenkow, Budyšin: Domowina; quoted in Uni Leipzig, Korpus: Upper Sorbian, "awtach":

     Wjeseleše so po tym na sportnych awtach.

     She was looking forward to the sports cars afterwards.

Although the original gender in German is masculine, it was necessary to convert it to neuter to make it declinable, but the masculine gender is still used colloquially.

Neuter:

Masculine (colloquial):

• “awto” in Soblex