bato

See also: Bato, bato-, Bāto, Ba Tô, and Ba Tơ

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Aklanon

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu.

Noun

bato

stone

Alangan

Etymology

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

Noun

bató

stone
(anatomy) kidney

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French bateau.

Noun

bato

boat

Awabakal

Noun

bato

water
Synonyms: kokoin, yarro
- 1892, An Australian Language as Spoken by the Awabakal‎^[1] (in English):
  Bato, m., water

References

Awabakal language dictionary

Bikol Central

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ba‧to
IPA^(key): /baˈto/ [baˈto]

Noun

bató (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

(anatomy) kidney
(Daet) rock; stone
Synonym: gapo

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ba‧to
IPA^(key): /ˈbatoʔ/ [ˈba.toʔ]

Noun

batò (Basahan spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

cue ball

Derived terms

pambato

Caló

Alternative forms

batu, batú

Noun

bato m (plural batuces)

father
Synonyms: batico, (affectionate) dada

References

“bato” in J. Tineo Rebolledo, A Chipicalli (La Llengua Gitana), Granada: Gómez de la Cruz, 1900, →OCLC, page 18.
“bato” in Flamenco - Caló, El Flamenco.
“bato” in Vocabulario : Caló - Español, Portal del Flamenco y Universidad.

Catalan

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈba.tu]
IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈba.to]

Verb

bato

first-person singular present indicative of batre

Cebuano

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Compare Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu and Maori whatu.

The sense of "kidney" is a semantic loan from Tagalog bato.

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ba‧to
IPA^(key): /baˈto/ [bɐˈt̪o]

Noun

bató

stone; pebble, rock, or boulder
gem
(medicine) kidney stone
Synonym: bato sa rinyon
(medicine) gallstone
Synonym: bato sa apdo
piece in chess, checkers, sungka or similar games
(bingo) token
flint of a lighter
(anatomy) kidney
Synonyms: amimislon, rinyon

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:bato.

Verb

bató

to harden into stone
to stand motionless
to put stones into jewelry
to use something as a sinker
to strike the flint of a lighter
to stone
to line with stones
(by extension) to hurl an object at someone or something
to throw out a question
to embroil; to cause to be involved

Adjective

bató

stone
concrete (made of concrete)
stonehard
rocklike; stonelike

Derived terms

bato-bato (“anchor; sinker; stone used in artificial jewelry”)
batong buhi
batobalani
batoon (“rocky; stony; full of pimples”)
bato sa apdo (“gallstone”)
bato sa rinyon
batoon (“rocky; stony; full of pimples”)
binato (“firm, round and oval-shaped purple yam”)
kabatoan (“place full of rocks”)
kabatohan (“scree”)
pamato (“anchor; sinker; anchorman in a relay; best bet; spending money”)

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

Hyphenation: ba‧to
IPA^(key): /ˈbato/ [ˈba.t̪o]

Verb

bato

to borrow money
to buy something for credit

Erromintxela

Alternative forms

batu

Etymology

Compare Caló bato.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bato/

Noun

bato

father

References

Alexandre Baudrimont (1862) “bato”, in Vocabulaire de la langue des Bohémiens habitant les pays basques français [Vocabulary of the language of the Roma living in the French Basque Country], Bordeaux: G. Gounouilhou, →OCLC

Esperanto

Etymology

From bati +‎ -o.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈbato]
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ato
Hyphenation: ba‧to

Noun

bato (accusative singular baton, plural batoj, accusative plural batojn)

blow, hit, strike, stroke (physical attack, punch)
Synonym: frapo

Galician

Verb

bato

first-person singular present indicative of bater

Gun

Etymology

Likely from French bateau

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /bā.tō/

Noun

bato (plural bato lɛ́ or bato lẹ́)

ship

Haitian Creole

Etymology

From French bateau (“boat”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /baˈto/

Noun

bato

boat, ship

Related terms

batiman

Higaonon

Noun

bato

stone, rock

Hiligaynon

Etymology 1

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu (compare Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Ilocano bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu, Maori whatu, Sundanese batu, Tagalog bato).

Noun

bató

rock, stone, cobble

Verb

bató

to stone

Etymology 2

Noun

báto

a complete thing, the whole
a piece of anything that is round or cubic in shape

Verb

bátò

to resist or oppose
to rise up
to backtalk

Ido

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbato/
Rhymes: -ato
Hyphenation: ba‧to

Noun

bato (plural bati)

beating

Derived terms

batar

Ilocano

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu (compare Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu, Maori whatu, Sundanese batu, Tagalog bato).

Noun

bato

rock, stone, cobble

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin batus, from Ancient Greek βάτος (bátos), from Biblical Hebrew בַּת (bat).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈba.to/
Rhymes: -ato
Hyphenation: bà‧to

Noun

bato m (plural bati)

(historical) bath (unit of liquid measure)

Kankanaey

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

(Standard Kankanaey) IPA^(key): /baˈto/ [bʌˈto]
Rhymes: -o
Syllabification: ba‧to

Noun

bató

rock; stone

Derived terms

kabatoan

Latin

Etymology 1

Unknown; possibly of onomatopoeic origin.^[1]

Documented in a glossary from the late eighth century, which translates batat (“yawns”) as the Anglo-Saxon ginath^[2] (= Old English ġinaþ).

Alternative forms

battō (misspelling?)
badō

Verb

batō (present infinitive batāre, perfect active batāvī, supine batātum); first conjugation (Early Medieval Latin)

to yawn
to gape open

Conjugation

Conjugation of batō (first conjugation)
indicative		singular			plural
indicative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	batō	batās	batat	batāmus	batātis	batant
	imperfect	batābam	batābās	batābat	batābāmus	batābātis	batābant
	future	batābō	batābis	batābit	batābimus	batābitis	batābunt
	perfect	batāvī	batāvistī	batāvit	batāvimus	batāvistis	batāvērunt, batāvēre
	pluperfect	batāveram	batāverās	batāverat	batāverāmus	batāverātis	batāverant
	future perfect	batāverō	batāveris	batāverit	batāverimus	batāveritis	batāverint
passive	present	bator	batāris, batāre	batātur	batāmur	batāminī	batantur
	imperfect	batābar	batābāris, batābāre	batābātur	batābāmur	batābāminī	batābantur
	future	batābor	batāberis, batābere	batābitur	batābimur	batābiminī	batābuntur
	perfect	batātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	batātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	batātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
subjunctive		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	batem	batēs	batet	batēmus	batētis	batent
	imperfect	batārem	batārēs	batāret	batārēmus	batārētis	batārent
	perfect	batāverim	batāverīs	batāverit	batāverīmus	batāverītis	batāverint
	pluperfect	batāvissem	batāvissēs	batāvisset	batāvissēmus	batāvissētis	batāvissent
passive	present	bater	batēris, batēre	batētur	batēmur	batēminī	batentur
	imperfect	batārer	batārēris, batārēre	batārētur	batārēmur	batārēminī	batārentur
	perfect	batātus + present active subjunctive of sum
	pluperfect	batātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
imperative		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	batā	—	—	batāte	—
active	future	—	batātō	batātō	—	batātōte	batantō
passive	present	—	batāre	—	—	batāminī	—
passive	future	—	batātor	batātor	—	—	batantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
non-finite forms		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		batāre	batāvisse	batātūrum esse	batārī	batātum esse	batātum īrī
participles		batāns	—	batātūrus	—	batātus	batandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		batandī	batandō	batandum	batandō	batātum	batātū

Derived terms

bataculō

Descendants

Catalan: badar
Old French: beer (see there for further descendants)
Old Occitan: badar
- Occitan: badar
- Italian: badare
Romagnol: abadêr
Vulgar Latin: *exbatāre
- Catalan: esbadar
- Old French: esbaer, esbahir (see there for further descendants)
- Occitan: esbadar

References

^ Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “batare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 1: A–B, page 287
^ Hessels, John Henry. 1906. A late eighth-century Latin-Anglo-Saxon glossary preserved in the library of the Leiden University. Cambridge University Press. Page 69.

Etymology 2

Noun

batō

dative/ablative singular of batus

Lingala

Noun

bato class 2

plural of moto

Mansaka

Etymology

From batu, Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu.

Noun

bato

stone

Maranao

Etymology

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

Noun

bato

stone; rock
(gambling) chips

Derived terms

batobarani' (“magnet”)
batobato (“hump”)
batokapala (“headstone”)
paribato

Masbatenyo

Etymology

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

Noun

bató

stone; rock

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French bateau.

Noun

bato

boat

References

Phillip Baker, Vinesh Y. Hookoomsing (1987) Dictionnaire de créole mauricien. Morisyen – English – Français (in French)

Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈba.tu/

Rhymes: -atu
Hyphenation: ba‧to

Verb

bato

first-person singular present indicative of bater

Ratagnon

Etymology

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

Noun

bató

stone

Sambali

Etymology

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

Noun

bató

stone; rock

Seychellois Creole

Etymology

From French bateau.

Noun

bato

boat

References

Danielle D’Offay et Guy Lionnet, Diksyonner Kreol - Franse / Dictionnaire Créole Seychellois - Français

Spanish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbato/ [ˈba.t̪o]
Rhymes: -ato
Syllabification: ba‧to

Etymology 1

Probably from Ancient Greek βάττος (báttos, “stutterer”), of imitative origin. See also βατταλογέω (battalogéō, “to stammer”), English bay⁴ (“to bark, bay, howl”).^[1]

Noun

bato m (plural batos)

(dated) dork, dimwit
(Latin America, informal) young man, youth
(Mexico, colloquial) chump, punk
(Mexico, colloquial) dude, guy, buddy

Etymology 2

From Caló bato.

Noun

bato m (plural batos)

(Spain, slang) father
Synonyms: padre, papá, jefe

Verb

bato

first-person singular present indicative of batir

References

^ Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

Tagalog

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *batu, from Proto-Austronesian *batu. Compare Bikol Central bato, Capiznon bato, Cebuano bato, Fijian vatu, Hawaiian haku, Hiligaynon bato, Ilocano bato, Indonesian batu, Kapampangan batu, Malagasy vato, Malay batu, Maori whatu, Niuean patu, Pangasinan bato, Ratagnon bato, Sundanese ᮘᮒᮥ (batu), and Waray-Waray bato.

Pronunciation

(Standard Tagalog)
- IPA^(key): /baˈto/ [bɐˈt̪o] (“stone; kidney; gallstone; gem; knot in wood; act of throwing; bored person; (slang) meth”, noun)
  - Audio: (file)
  - Rhymes: -o
  - Homophone: Bato
- IPA^(key): /ˈbatoʔ/ [ˈbaː.t̪oʔ] (“chief piece in a game of native quoits called tangga”, noun)
  - Rhymes: -atoʔ
Syllabification: ba‧to

Noun

bató (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

stone
Synonym: piyedra
(anatomy) kidney
Synonym: rinyon
gallstone
gem; jewel
Synonym: hiyas
knot in wood
act of throwing something
Synonyms: tapon, hagis, itsa, balibag, salya
(idiomatic, colloquial) bored person
(slang) methamphetamine
Synonyms: agimat, shabu

Derived terms

Related terms

Noun

batò (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

chief piece in a game of native quoits called tangga

Derived terms

Adjective

bató (Baybayin spelling ᜊᜆᜓ)

Anagrams

tabo, abot, taob, bota

Ternate

Adverb

bato

only, exclusively
haka ngori maobo bato ― give me only the bone
just, merely
ana isedu bato ― they just joked

References

Rika Hayami-Allen (2001) A descriptive study of the language of Ternate, the northern Moluccas, Indonesia, University of Pittsburgh

[1] Walther von Wartburg (1928–2002) “batare”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch, volumes 1: A–B, page 287

[2] Hessels, John Henry. 1906. A late eighth-century Latin-Anglo-Saxon glossary preserved in the library of the Leiden University. Cambridge University Press. Page 69.

[3] Roberts, Edward A. (2014) A Comprehensive Etymological Dictionary of the Spanish Language with Families of Words based on Indo-European Roots, Xlibris Corporation, →ISBN

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