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), 2008–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈnɑto/, [ˈnɑ̝t̪o̞]
• Rhymes: -ɑto
• Syllabification^(key): na‧to
• 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 1 July 2023

• Nato, NATO

nato (rare)

1. alternative letter-case form of NATO

• anot, anto, otan, tano, taon, tona

Borrowed from Japanese 納豆(なっと) (natto, “natto”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈna.to/, [ˈna.t̪o]
• Homophone: NATO

nato (plural nato-nato)

1. (cooking) natto: a traditional Japanese food product made from fermented soybeans

• “nato” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

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
3. (rare, literary) son, offspring

• 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

From nō +‎ -tō (forms frequentative verbs).

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈna.toː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈnaː.t̪o]

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

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

• “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 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

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