cato

From caté (“to help”) +‎ -ó. Akin to Saho xato.

• IPA^(key): /ħaˈto/ [ħʌˈtɔ]
• Hyphenation: ca‧to

cató f 

1. help
   • Saytun Qhuraan kee kay maqnah tarjamaty Qafar afal tani [The clear Qur'an and its explanation translated into the Afar language]‎^[1], Suurat Al-Faatica, verse 5:

     Diggah nanu Ni Rabbow koo inkittosnaah Qibaada dibuk koo caglisna, nanu ni-caagiidah inkih cato koo esserra.

     Our God, with strength we make you whole, only you we give [our] adoration, we as one ask you for help with our afairs.

• caráa

• E. M. Parker, R. J. Hayward (1985) “catò”, in An Afar-English-French dictionary (with Grammatical Notes in English), University of London, →ISBN
• Mohamed Hassan Kamil (2015) L’afar: description grammaticale d’une langue couchitique (Djibouti, Erythrée et Ethiopie)‎^[2], Paris: Université Sorbonne Paris Cité (doctoral thesis)

cato

1. first-person singular present indicative of catar

cato

1. first-person singular present indicative of catar

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈka.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈkaː.t̪o]
• Homophone: Catō

catō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of catus

• Rhymes: -atu
• Hyphenation: ca‧to

Learned borrowing from Latin cactus, from Ancient Greek κάκτος (káktos, “cardoon”), of Pre-Greek origin.

• cacto (Brazil)
• cáctus

cato m (plural catos) (European Portuguese spelling)

1. cactus (any member of the family Cactaceae)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

cato

1. first-person singular present indicative of catar

• “cato”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “cato”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “cato”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “cato”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈkato/ [ˈka.t̪o]
• Rhymes: -ato
• Syllabification: ca‧to

cato

1. first-person singular present indicative of catar

cató (Baybayin spelling ᜃᜆᜓ)

1. obsolete spelling of kato

• cadwo

• IPA^(key): /ˈkatɔ/

cato

1. (literary) third-person singular present subjunctive of cadw